Usage Note
Contingencia refers to an uncertain or unforeseen event, and it is especially common in formal, legal, and business registers — plan de contingencia ('contingency plan') is a staple of corporate and emergency management language. In philosophy it denotes the quality of being possible but not necessary, as opposed to necesidad. The adjective contingente shares the same root.
Examples
"El equipo preparó un plan de contingencia."
Natural Translation
The team prepared a contingency plan.
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