escasear

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Spanish

Etymology

From escaso (“scarce”) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eskaseˈaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: es‧ca‧se‧ar

Verb

escasear (first-person singular present escaseo, first-person singular preterite escaseé, past participle escaseado)

  1. (intransitive) to run low, run short, dwindle
  2. (intransitive) to be in short supply, be scarce, be hard to come by
  3. (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of escasear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive escasear
gerund escaseando
past participle masculine feminine
singular escaseado escaseada
plural escaseados escaseadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present escaseo escaseastú
escaseásvos 		escasea escaseamos escaseáis escasean
imperfect escaseaba escaseabas escaseaba escaseábamos escaseabais escaseaban
preterite escaseé escaseaste escaseó escaseamos escaseasteis escasearon
future escasearé escasearás escaseará escasearemos escasearéis escasearán
conditional escasearía escasearías escasearía escasearíamos escasearíais escasearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present escasee escaseestú
escaseésvos2 		escasee escaseemos escaseéis escaseen
imperfect
(ra) 		escaseara escasearas escaseara escaseáramos escasearais escasearan
imperfect
(se) 		escasease escaseases escasease escaseásemos escaseaseis escaseasen
future1 escaseare escaseares escaseare escaseáremos escaseareis escasearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative escaseatú
escaseávos 		escasee escaseemos escasead escaseen
negative no escasees no escasee no escaseemos no escaseéis no escaseen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of escasear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive escasear
dative escasearme escasearte escasearle, escasearse escasearnos escasearos escasearles, escasearse
accusative escasearme escasearte escasearlo, escasearla, escasearse escasearnos escasearos escasearlos, escasearlas, escasearse
with gerund escaseando
dative escaseándome escaseándote escaseándole, escaseándose escaseándonos escaseándoos escaseándoles, escaseándose
accusative escaseándome escaseándote escaseándolo, escaseándola, escaseándose escaseándonos escaseándoos escaseándolos, escaseándolas, escaseándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative escasea
dative escaséame escaséate escaséale escaséanos not used escaséales
accusative escaséame escaséate escaséalo, escaséala escaséanos not used escaséalos, escaséalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative escaseá
dative escaseame escaseate escaseale escaseanos not used escaseales
accusative escaseame escaseate escasealo, escaseala escaseanos not used escasealos, escasealas
with formal second-person singular imperative escasee
dative escaséeme not used escaséele, escaséese escaséenos not used escaséeles
accusative escaséeme not used escaséelo, escaséela, escaséese escaséenos not used escaséelos, escaséelas
with first-person plural imperative escaseemos
dative not used escaseémoste escaseémosle escaseémonos escaseémoos escaseémosles
accusative not used escaseémoste escaseémoslo, escaseémosla escaseémonos escaseémoos escaseémoslos, escaseémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative escasead
dative escaseadme not used escaseadle escaseadnos escaseaos escaseadles
accusative escaseadme not used escaseadlo, escaseadla escaseadnos escaseaos escaseadlos, escaseadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative escaseen
dative escaséenme not used escaséenle escaséennos not used escaséenles, escaséense
accusative escaséenme not used escaséenlo, escaséenla escaséennos not used escaséenlos, escaséenlas, escaséense

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