escasez

Spanish

Etymology

From escaso +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /eskaˈseθ/ [es.kaˈseθ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /eskaˈses/ [es.kaˈses]
Audio (Peru): (file)
(Spain) Rhymes: -eθ
(Latin America) Rhymes: -es
Syllabification: es‧ca‧sez

Noun

escasez f (plural escaseces)

shortage, scarcity, paucity, dearth, scarceness, scantiness

Hyponyms

escasez de vivienda, escasez de viviendas (“housing shortage”)

Further reading

“escasez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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