urgir

Senses

1. 1.

   to be urgent, to be pressing

   to require immediate attention or action

2. 2.

   to urge, to press

   to insist that something be done quickly

Examples

• "O tempo urge e precisamos tomar uma decisão agora."

  Time is pressing and we need to make a decision now.

• "Urge resolver este problema antes que seja tarde demais."

  It's urgent to solve this problem before it's too late.

• "A situação urge medidas imediatas do governo."

  The situation requires immediate measures from the government.

Usage

Formal register. Often used in the impersonal third-person singular form "urge" meaning "it is urgent/necessary." Common construction: "urge + infinitive" (e.g., "urge fazer"). Less common in everyday speech than "ser urgente" or "ter urgência."