Polyglot Dictionary

escassez

/isˈkasez/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
escassezes

Meaning

  1. shortage

    • Há escassez de água.

      There's a water shortage.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

déficit

Close synonyms for "deficit, shortage."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

escasez

escasez is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "shortage."

Practice

1 What does escassez mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há ___ de água.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches escassez?

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