1 (haste) urgencia; (f) not everyone had the same sense of urgency no todo el mundo tenía el mismo sentido de la urgencia
I pressed upon her the urgency of the case he shakes the reins to transmit a sense of urgency and crouches into the horse's mane there was great urgency to finish the job
it is a matter of urgency es un asunto urgente; the problem must be tackled as a matter of urgency el problema debe tratarse con la máxima urgencia
2 [of tone of voice, pleas] urgencia; (f) with a note of urgency in his voice con un tono de urgencia
there was an urgency to her tone that hovered near hysteria His voice took on urgency; he paced Then Dad said to me, with a strange urgency in his voice:
