escasez

Spanish

Etymology

From escaso +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /eskaˈseθ/ [es.kaˈseθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eskaˈses/ [es.kaˈses]

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• Rhymes: -eθ
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧sez

Noun

escasez f (plural escaseces)

1. shortage, scarcity, paucity, dearth, scarceness, scantiness

Hyponyms

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

Further reading

• “escasez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10