escasez

Spanish

Etymology

From escaso +‎ -ez.

Noun

escasez f (plural escaseces)

1. shortage, scarcity, paucity, dearth, scarceness, scantiness

Hyponyms

• escasez de vivienda, escasez de viviendas (“housing shortage”)

Further reading

• “escasez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28