scarseggiare

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Italian

Etymology

From scarso (scarse) +‎ -eggiare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skar.sedˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: scar‧seg‧già‧re

Verb

scarseggiàre (first-person singular present scarséggio, first-person singular past historic scarseggiài, past participle scarseggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to be lacking or scarce
    Synonyms: difettare, mancare
    • 2020 September 8, Federico Rampini, “Lusso, staff, bodyguard: Trump dilapida i fondi mentre Biden fa il pieno [Luxury, staff, bodyguard: Trump dilapidates his funds while Biden has enough]”, in la Repubblica:
      Negli ultimi 55 giorni della campagna elettorale, a scarseggiare di risorse è proprio Donald Trump.
      In the last 55 days of the electoral campaign, it is exactly Donald Trump to be short on resources.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • scarseggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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