Similar words
déficit
Close synonyms for "deficit, shortage."
hambruna
Worth distinguishing: hambruna is a famine, an extreme shortage of food specifically; escasez is a shortage of anything.
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
escassez
escassez is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "shortage."
Practice
1 What does escasez mean?
shortage
2 Fill the gap: Hay ___ de agua.
Full sentence: Hay escasez de agua. (There's a water shortage.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches escasez?
escasez: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.