escasear

== Spanish == === Etymology === From 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 {{rfdef}}. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “escasear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025