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scarcity:
- necesidad; déficit; insuficiencia; escasez; frugalidad; carencia; pobreza; penuria; privación; parquedad
Wiktionary:
- scarcity → escasez, carestía
- scarcity → escasez, penuria, falta

English

Detailed Translations for scarcity from English to Spanish

scarcity:

scarcity [the ~] nom

the scarcity (shortage; tightness; famine; scantiness; paucity; needyness)
la necesidad; el déficit; la insuficiencia; la escasez; la frugalidad; la carencia; la pobreza; la penuria; la privación; la parquedad
- necesidad [la ~] nom
- déficit [el ~] nom
- insuficiencia [la ~] nom
- escasez [la ~] nom
- frugalidad [la ~] nom
- carencia [la ~] nom
- pobreza [la ~] nom
- penuria [la ~] nom
- privación [la ~] nom
- parquedad [la ~] nom

Translation Matrix for scarcity:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
carencia	famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness	blank; crimp; deficiency; deficit; deprivation; disability; failure; gap; handicap; hardship; hiatus; insufficiency; lack; lacuna; physical defect; poverty; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; shrinkage; void; want
déficit	famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness	bank debt; debit; deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; loss; overdraft; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall
escasez	famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness	curiosity; deficiency; frugality; fruitlessness; infertility; lack; meagerness; meagreness; parsimony; scantiness; shortage; slenderness; thrift; want
frugalidad	famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness	frugality; meagerness; meagreness; parsimony; plainness; scantiness; simpleness; simplicity; slenderness; sobriety
insuficiencia	famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness	deficiency; insufficiency; lack; meagerness; meagreness; parsimony; scantiness; shortcoming; shortfall; slenderness
necesidad	famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness	adversity; craving; deficiency; destitution; disaster; elementary matter; emergency; essential; helplessness; instigation; lack; necessity; need; urging; want
parquedad	famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness	frugality; meagerness; meagreness; parsimony; plainness; scantiness; simpleness; simplicity; slenderness; sobriety; thrift
penuria	famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness
pobreza	famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness	dearth; depravedness; destituteness; destitution; harbourless; hardship; indigentness; insolvency; lack; meagerness; meagreness; need; of limited means; parsimony; paucity; penury; poorness; poverty; scantiness; seediness; shabbiness; slenderness; want
privación	famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness	aggravation; change for the worse; deficiency; denial; depravation; deterioration; lack; want; worsening
-	scarceness

Related Words for "scarcity":

scarcities

Synonyms for "scarcity":

scarceness; insufficiency; inadequacy; deficiency

Antonyms for "scarcity":

abundance

Related Definitions for "scarcity":

a small and inadequate amount¹

Wiktionary Translations for scarcity:

scarcity

noun

the condition of something being scarce or deficient
- scarcity → escasez
an inadequate amount of something; a shortage
- scarcity → carestía

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• scarcity	→ escasez	↔ schaarste — eerste betekenisomschrijving
• scarcity	→ escasez; penuria	↔ disette — manque de certaines choses utiles.
• scarcity	→ falta	↔ insuffisance — état de ce qui est insuffisant.
• scarcity	→ escasez; penuria	↔ pénurie — extrême disette.

Related Translations for scarcity

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University