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Detailed Translations for shortage from English to Spanish

shortage:

shortage [the ~] noun

  1. the shortage (deficit; deficiency; lack; )
    el déficit; la falta; la carencia; la deficiencia
  2. the shortage (scarcity; tightness; famine; )
    la necesidad; el déficit; la insuficiencia; la escasez; la frugalidad; la carencia; la pobreza; la penuria; la privación; la parquedad
  3. the shortage
    la falta; la carencia; el defecto; la falta de peso; la deficiencia; el fallo
  4. the shortage
    la escasez

Translation Matrix for shortage:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
carencia deficiency; deficit; famine; insufficiency; lack; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; tightness blank; crimp; deficiency; deprivation; disability; failure; gap; handicap; hardship; hiatus; lack; lacuna; physical defect; poverty; shrinkage; void; want
defecto shortage defect; disability; error; failure; fault; flaw; gap; handicap; impediment; imperfection; incorrectness; machine defect
deficiencia deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall blank; defect; deficiency; disability; failure; fault; faultiness; flaw; gap; handicap; hiatus; impediment; imperfection; inadequacy; lack; lacuna; losing score; minus point; physical defect; point lost; poorness; shortcoming; void; want
déficit deficiency; deficit; famine; insufficiency; lack; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; tightness bank debt; debit; deficit; loss; overdraft
escasez famine; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness curiosity; deficiency; frugality; fruitlessness; infertility; lack; meagerness; meagreness; parsimony; scantiness; slenderness; thrift; want
fallo shortage blunder; defeat; defect; enunciation; error; failing; failure; fall-through; fault; fiasco; flaw; flop; gas; hoot; howler; imperfection; incorrectness; judgement; let down; miscalculation; miss; mistake; oversight; pronunciation; scream; sentence; shortcoming; slip; verdict; verdict of guilty
falta deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall blunder; crime; criminal offence; defect; delict; error; failing; failure; fault; flaw; gap; gas; hoot; howler; incorrectness; infraction; iniquity; injustice; misbehavior; misbehaviour; misdemeanor; misdemeanour; mistake; offence; offense; oversight; scream; slip; transgression; violation; wrong
falta de peso shortage
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
- dearth; deficit; famine; shortfall

Related Words for "shortage":

  • shortages

Synonyms for "shortage":


Related Definitions for "shortage":

  1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required1
  2. an acute insufficiency1

Wiktionary Translations for shortage:

shortage
noun
  1. lack or deficiency

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
shortage falta euvel — een slechte zaak
shortage carencia; falta Zuwenigvon Personen oder Sachen: Mangel; eine zu kleine Zahl oder Menge; ein zu geringes Maß
shortage falta insuffisanceétat de ce qui est insuffisant.
shortage falta; escasez manqueabsence, défaut, fait de manquer.
shortage falta privationperte, absence, manque d’un bien, d’un avantage qu’on avait, ou qu’on devait, qu’on pouvait avoir.
shortage escasez; penuria pénurieextrême disette.

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