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Spanish
Etymology
From escaso + -ez.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /eskaˈseθ/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /eskaˈses/
- Rhymes: -eθ
- Rhymes: -es
- Syllabification: es‧ca‧sez
Noun
escasez f (plural escaseces)
- shortage, scarcity, paucity, dearth, scarceness, scantiness
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