penuria
Spanish, noun/peˈnuɾja/
penuria is spelled P-E-N-U-R-I-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 57,592nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Penuria is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “hardship (financial), penury” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Escasez, falta de las cosas esenciales o de una de ellas”.
What does penuria mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehardship (financial), penury
- 2
feminineshortage, lack, dearth
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Escasez, falta de las cosas esenciales o de una de ellas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of penuria
- penurias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce penuria?
- /peˈnuɾja/
- [peˈnu.ɾja]
- [peˈnuɾja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to penuria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is penuria in Spanish?
penuria appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).