escasez

shortage

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escasez(

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A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g. la mujer bonita, la luna llena).

feminine noun

1. (insufficiency)

a. shortage

Cada domingo tenemos una escasez de agua en nuestra colonia.Every Sunday, we have a shortage of water in our neighborhood.

b. scarcity

Tenemos bastante agua en nuestro pozo, pero una escasez de electricidad para bombearla.We have plenty of water in our well, but a scarcity of electricity to pump it.

2. (deprivation)

a. poverty

Por la escasez que sufren en sus comunidades rurales, muchos indígenas se trasladan a las ciudades.Because of the poverty they suffer in their rural communities, many indigenous people move to the cities.

escasez

A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).

Noun

1. (insuficiencia)

a. shortage

2. (pobreza)

a. poverty

escasez de mano de obralabor shortage

escasez

1 (insuficiencia) shortage; scarcity (formal)

escasez de agua shortage o scarcity (formal) of water; escasez de fondos shortage of funds; hay escasez de medicamentos there is a shortage of medicine; medicine is in short supply; escasez de mano de obra/viviendas labour/housing shortage

2 (pobreza) poverty

viven en la escasez they live in poverty

3 escaseces (apuros)

han pasado muchas escaseces they suffered great hardships

4 (tacañería) meanness; stinginess

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