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emergency maintenance

[/ɪˈmɜːrdʒənsi ˈmeɪntənəns/]
nounpl: emergency maintenances
manutenção de emergência
1. Urgent repair or maintenance work performed immediately to address critical failures or safety hazards that cannot be delayed
The hospital had to schedule emergency maintenance on the backup generator after it failed during surgery.
O hospital teve de agendar uma manutenção de emergência no gerador de reserva após ele falhar durante uma cirurgia.
2. Unscheduled maintenance work required to restore equipment, systems, or infrastructure to operational status due to unexpected breakdown
Emergency maintenance was needed on the elevator after it got stuck between floors.
Foi necessária manutenção de emergência no elevador depois que ficou preso entre andares.
Synonyms
emergency repairurgent maintenancecorrective maintenancebreakdown maintenancemanutenção urgentereparo de emergência
Antonyms
preventive maintenancescheduled maintenanceplanned maintenancemanutenção preventivamanutenção programada

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
manutenção de emergência
Standard usage across Brazil
São Paulo
manutenção de emergência
Common in industrial and commercial contexts
Rio de Janeiro
manutenção de emergência
Standard usage
Portugal
manutenção de emergência
Standard European Portuguese usage

Related Idioms & Phrases

in case of emergency
emergency call
emergency situation
em caso de emergência
situação de emergência
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