This word is from the Spanish emergencia.
e·mer·hén·si·yá
emergency
Most Filipinos simply use the English word as is. It can be transliterated into Tagalog as imérdyensí and into Filipino as emerjensi.
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
emerhénsiyá: kagipítan
kagipítan: kalagayan o pangyayari na nangangailangan ng kagyat na pagkilos
kagipítan: kalagayang medikal na nangangailangan ng agad na lunas
