Phrase guide

there's been an accident

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

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phrase

Meaning 1

Indicates that an accident has occurred.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَدَثَتْ حَادِثَةٌ (ḥadaṯat ḥadiṯātun) — there's been an accident
  • Bulgarian: стана инцидент — there's been an accident
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出事故了 (chū shìgù le) — there's been an accident
  • Dutch: daar is een ongeluk gebeurd — there's been an accident
  • Esperanto: okazis akcidento — there's been an accident
  • Finnish: on tapahtunut onnettomuus — there's been an accident
  • French: il y a eu un accident — there's been an accident
  • Galician: houbo un accidente — there's been an accident
  • German: es ist ein Unfall passiert — there's been an accident
  • Hindi: दुर्घटना हुई है (durghaṭnā huī hai) — there's been an accident
  • Hungarian: baleset történt — there's been an accident
  • Icelandic: það var slys — there's been an accident
  • Indonesian: ada kecelakaan — there's been an accident
  • Italian: c'è stato un incidente — there's been an accident
  • Japanese: 事故です (jiko desu) — there's been an accident
  • Polish: był wypadek — there's been an accident
  • Russian: произошла́ ава́рия (proizošlá avárija) — there's been an accident
  • Russian: произошёл несча́стный слу́чай (proizošól nesčástnyj slúčaj) — there's been an accident
  • Spanish: ha habido un accidente — there's been an accident
  • Swedish: det finns varit en olycka — there's been an accident
  • Tagalog: nagkaaksidente — there's been an accident
  • Tagalog: nagkaroon ng aksidente — there's been an accident
  • Zazaki: ju qeza biya — there's been an accident