Ambulance in Portuguese 🇧🇷

ambulância info.

Tips to remember the Portuguese word:
• Note that “ambulância” looks very similar to the English “ambulance,” with an extra “a” near the end and an accent on the final “a.”
• Think of it as a “feminized” version of the English word, which is common in Portuguese for many nouns.

Explanations:
• “Ambulância” refers to a vehicle specially equipped for transporting sick or injured people to a hospital, identical in function to the English “ambulance.”
• The accented final vowel indicates the stressed syllable, helping with proper pronunciation (“am-bu-LÂN-cia”).

Other words that mean the same thing:
• “Viatura de emergência” – while less common, this term can also refer to an emergency vehicle like an ambulance.
• “Auto de socorro” – sometimes used to denote a vehicle that provides urgent help, though less specific than “ambulância.”

Alternate meanings / slang:
• There are no widely recognized slang uses of “ambulância” beyond its literal meaning. In informal speech, however, some might refer to it in a humorous way when something moves very slowly or urgently, but that is not standard usage.

Examples of sentences that use it (with translations):
• "A ambulância chegou rapidamente ao local do acidente."
 Translation: "The ambulance arrived quickly at the accident scene."
• "Quando alguém desmaia, é importante chamar uma ambulância imediatamente."
 Translation: "When someone faints, it is important to call an ambulance immediately."
• "O motorista da ambulância acionou a sirene para evitar o trânsito."
 Translation: "The ambulance driver activated the siren to avoid traffic."

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