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Hay que priorizar a quién ingresar según exija la emergencia.

Hay que priorizar a quién ingresar según exija la emergencia.
One must prioritize whom to admit as the emergency demands.
From Lesson 350:Future manner clauses (según, conforme, como)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Hay que priorizar a quién ingresar según exija la emergencia.

Why is exija in the subjunctive here?
The phrase según exija translates to "as it may demand" or "depending on what it demands." Because the exact demands of the emergency are in the future and not yet known, the subjunctive is required. If this were describing a known, recurring routine (e.g., "we always do it as the protocol demands"), you would use the indicative exige.
I usually see ingresar meaning "to enter." Why does it mean "to admit" here?
While ingresar often means "to enter" (where the subject enters a place), it can also be used transitively to mean "to admit" or "to hospitalize" someone. In this medical or emergency context, it refers to the staff admitting patients into a facility.
Why do we need the a before quién?
This is the personal a. Because ingresar is being used to mean "to admit someone," the people being admitted are the direct object of the verb. Whenever a direct object is a person—or a pronoun like quién that refers to people—it must be preceded by a.
Why is the subject la emergencia placed after the verb exija?
In Spanish, it is extremely common to invert the subject and verb in subordinate clauses, especially after words like según, cuando, or donde. While según la emergencia exija is grammatically fine, putting the verb first (según exija la emergencia) flows much more naturally for a native speaker.

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