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How do you say 'I need an ambulance' in Portuguese?

Eu preciso de uma ambulância.

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  1. Eu quero uma bicicleta.
  2. Eu gostaria de um café.
  3. Eu preciso de uma ambulância. ✔

Why: Preciso de means I need. Ambulância is nearly the same as English.

Huh, didn't know that: In Brazil, a pronto-socorro is an emergency room. The FSI course glosses it as emergency facility.

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Answer: Eu preciso de uma ambulância.. Preciso de means I need. Ambulância is nearly the same as English.

  1. FSI Brazilian Portuguese FAST, Volume 2 (Foreign Service Institute) fsi-language-courses-media.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/languages/Portuguese/FAST/Volume%202/FSI%20-%20Portuguese%20FAST%20-%20Volume%202.pdf
    Eu preciso de uma ambulância, imediatamente.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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