English-Portuguese translations for austerity

• austeridade
  Então, e só então, os pacotes de verdadeira austeridade poderão resultar. Then, and only then, can real austerity packages work.
  Os gregos não podem sair da crise apenas com base na austeridade. They cannot emerge from the crisis based only on austerity.
  Trata-se, portanto, de verdadeira austeridade. This is, therefore, real austerity.

Definition of austerity

• Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline
• A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both
• Sourness and harshness to the taste

Related words

• antiausterity
• austerity package
• austerity policy
• austerity measure