escasez
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escasez(
ehs
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kah
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sehs
)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g. la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
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).
1. (insuficiencia)
a. shortage
2. (pobreza)
a. poverty
escasez de mano de obralabor shortage
Collins Complete Spanish Electronic Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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