urgencias
/uɾˈxenθjas/ · B1 · noun · f
emergency room
🚑🏥 urgencias = urgencies: the ward where all the urgent cases go
Same root as English urgent, from Latin urgere, to press or push hard. In Spain, the hospital sign reads Urgencias, the plural of urgencia. The noun is feminine: las urgencias, and you say ir a urgencias for going to the ER.