Phrase guide

it's an emergency

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

Indicates that the current situation is an emergency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِنَّهَا حَالَة طَوَارِئ (ʔinnahā ḥāla ṭawāriʔ) — it's an emergency
  • Armenian: արտակարգ իրավիճակ է (artakarg iravičak ē) — it's an emergency
  • Bulgarian: спешно е (spešno e) — it's an emergency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 這是緊急狀況 /这是紧急状况 (zhè shì jǐnjí zhuàngkuàng) — it's an emergency
  • Danish: det haster — it's an emergency
  • Dutch: het is een noodgeval — it's an emergency
  • Dutch: het is dringend — it's an emergency
  • Finnish: tämä on hätätilanne — it's an emergency
  • French: c'est urgent — it's an emergency
  • Galician: é unha emerxencia — it's an emergency
  • German: es ist dringend — it's an emergency
  • Greek: είναι έκτακτη ανάγκη (eínai éktakti anágki) — it's an emergency
  • Hebrew: זֶה מַצַּב חֵרוּם (ze matzáv ḥerúm) — it's an emergency
  • Hungarian: vészhelyzet van — it's an emergency
  • Hungarian: ez vészhelyzet — it's an emergency
  • Hungarian: sürgős — it's an emergency
  • Italian: c'è un'emergenza — it's an emergency
  • Japanese: 緊急です (kinkyū desu) — it's an emergency
  • Norwegian: det haster — it's an emergency
  • Polish: to nagły wypadek — it's an emergency
  • Polish: to jest pilne — it's an emergency
  • Portuguese: é uma emergência — it's an emergency
  • Russian: э́то сро́чно (éto sróčno) — it's an emergency
  • Spanish: es una emergencia — it's an emergency
  • Swedish: det är brådskande — it's an emergency
  • Swedish: det är bråttom — it's an emergency
  • Turkish: acil — it's an emergency
  • Turkish: acil durum — it's an emergency
  • Zazaki: acil — it's an emergency
  • Zazaki: weziyeto acil — it's an emergency