escasear
Spanish
Etymology
escaso (“scarce”) + -ear
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eskaseˈaɾ/ [es.ka.seˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: es‧ca‧se‧ar
Verb
escasear (first-person singular present escaseo, first-person singular preterite escaseé, past participle escaseado)
- (intransitive) to run low, run short, dwindle
- (intransitive) to be in short supply, be scarce, be hard to come by
- (transitive) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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Conjugation
Conjugation of escasear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | escasear | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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 |
Related terms
- escaso
- escasez
Further reading
- “escasear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014