escasez

== Spanish == === Etymology === From escaso + -ez. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eskaˈseθ/ [es.kaˈseθ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /eskaˈses/ [es.kaˈses] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eθ (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: es‧ca‧sez === Noun === escasez f (plural escaseces) 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