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mancanza

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nounfeminine
  1. lack, shortage, deficiency, want
  2. absence
  3. fault, mistake, slip
  4. defect, failing

Forms

noun

singularmancanza
pluralmancanze

Used in the library

  • Il giudice ha deciso di rilasciare l'uomo per mancanza di prove.The judge decided to release the man for lack of evidence.A2Di nuovo, per favore (2) — Again, please (2) (A2)
  • La mancanza di neve in gennaio preoccupa più della neve.The lack of snow in January worries people more than snow.B1Di nuovo, per favore (7) — Again, please (7) (B1)
  • La mancanza d'acqua in agosto è la notizia di ogni estate.The lack of water in August is the news of every summer.B1Di nuovo, per favore (1) — Again, please (1) (B1)
  • La mancanza di sedie si risolve con le panche della chiesa.The lack of chairs is solved with the church's benches.B1Di nuovo, per favore (14) — Again, please (14) (B1)

Other ways to say it

  • assenzaabsence
  • carenzashortage; deficiency
  • colpafault; blame
  • difettodefect, fault, blemish, flaw; deficiency, lack, shortage
  • erroremistake, error, slip, howler, blunder, goof; wandering; (by extension) moral deviation
  • insufficienzainadequacy, insufficiency, lack, scantiness; sketchiness, skimpiness
  • penuriashortage, lack, scarcity, scarceness
  • sbagliomistake, failure, goof

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