Polyglot Dictionary

shortage

/ˈʃɔːrtɪdʒ/

noun B1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
shortages

Meaning

  1. escasez, carencia

    • There is a shortage of nurses in the hospital.

      Hay escasez de enfermeras en el hospital.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

famine

Worth distinguishing: "famine" is an extreme shortage of food specifically; "shortage" is of anything.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa shortage?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: There is a ___ of nurses in the hospital.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a shortage?

noun

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