English-Portuguese translations for scarcity

• escassez
  O desafio para a UE é fazer face à escassez, à escassez de recursos naturais, mas também de mão-de-obra. The challenge for the EU is dealing with scarcity, the scarcity of natural resources, but also of labour.
  Estamos conscientes da escassez de água nos países em desenvolvimento. We are conscious of the scarcity of water in developing countries.
  Enfrentamos problemas de escassez, de sustentabilidade, de segurança e ecológicos. We are facing scarcity, sustainability, safety and ecological problems.
• carestia

Definition of scarcity

• the condition of something being scarce or deficient
• an inadequate amount of something; a shortage

Examples

• a scarcity of grain

Related words

• scarce
• scarcely
• Scarcliffe
• Scarcroft
• water-scarce
• Scarce Swift
• scarce copper
• scarce emerald damselfly
• scarce commodity