escasez

Spanish

Etymology

From escaso +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eskaˈseθ/ [es.kaˈseθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /eskaˈses/ [es.kaˈses] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: es‧ca‧sez

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025