shortage

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shortage
[ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ]
sustantivo
1escasez (f) carestía (f)
  • petrol/food shortage -> escasez de gasolina or nafta/alimentos (RP)
  • he has no shortage of ideas -> no le faltan ideas

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shortage [shor-tich]
sustantivo
1Escasez, falta.
2Desfalco, déficit.

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shortage [ˈʃɔːtɪdʒ]
noun
1 (lack) escasez; (f) falta; (f)
a water shortage escasez falta de agua;or shortage of staff escasez falta de personal;or the housing shortage la crisis de la vivienda; there is no shortage of advice no es que falten consejos; no faltan los consejos
the food shortage There's a world shortage of fuel Up to the early sixties there was no shortage at all of good students Bungalows were built in 1946 to ease \the housing shortage\ after the last war. there was no shortage of water owing to the shortage of staff
2 (state of deficiency) escasez; (f)
in times of shortage en las épocas de escasez

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