ambulance

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BrE /ˈæm.bjʊ.ləns/ AmE /ˈæm.bjə.ləns/

noun en → es

1 VEHICLE [noun] A2

a vehicle used to take sick or injured people quickly from the place where they are to a hospital or doctor's surgery

ambulancia, vehículo de emergencia

Collocations call an ambulance · an ambulance arrives

He was taken to hospital in an ambulance.

Lo llevaron a la clínica en una ambulancia.

2 SERVICE [noun] B1

the service of taking sick or injured people quickly from the place where they are to a hospital or doctor's surgery

servicio de ambulancia, servicio médico de emergencia

Collocations ambulance service · call the ambulance service

The ambulance service is very good in this area.

El servicio de ambulancia es muy bueno en esta zona.