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escasez

[eskaˈses] seseante
[eskaˈseθ] no seseante

Rhymes with es, eθ

Where it comes from

De escaso y el sufijo -ez, reinterpretación del antiguo escaseza, del castellano antiguo escaseça. Compárese el portugués escassez, el catalán escassesa, el occitano escarsesa y el italiano scarsezza

noun escaseces

Condición o carácter de escaso

In English

shortage lack or deficiency
dearth scarcity
lack deficiency, need
paucity fewness in number; a small number
scarcity the condition of something being scarce or deficient
exiguity quality of being meagre or scanty — see also meagreness, scantiness
sparsity the property of being sparse

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@misc{escasez_2026,
  title = {escasez},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/es/escasez},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}