🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

urgente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: uɾˈxen.te

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Urgent/ˈɜːr.dʒənt/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Necesito ayuda urgente."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Requiring immediate action or attention; pressing.

    "The patient was in urgent need of specialized medical care."
  2. 2

    Showing a sense of insistence or earnestness, often in tone or manner.

    "She made an urgent plea for help after losing her keys and phone."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'urgentem', present participle of 'urgere' meaning to press, push, or drive. Entering Middle English in the 15th century, the term initially retained its physical sense of pressing upon, but quickly evolved to describe matters demanding immediate action or attention.

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