escasear
Spanish, verb/eskaseˈaɾ/
escasear is spelled E-S-C-A-S-E-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 72,568th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escasear is a Spanish verb meaning “to run low, run short, dwindle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Faltar, ir a menos una cosa”.
What does escasear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to run low, run short, dwindle
- 2
to be in short supply, be scarce, be hard to come by
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faltar, ir a menos una cosa.
verb: 1. Ahorrar, economizar. 2. Dar poco, de mala gana y haciendo desear lo que se da. 3. Cortar un sillar o un madero por un plano oblicuo a sus caras.
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 escasear
- escaseo first-person present singular
- escaseé first-person preterite singular
- escaseado participle past
- escaseando gerund
- escaseada feminine participle past
- escaseados masculine participle past
- escaseadas feminine participle past
- escaseas indicative informal present
- escaseás indicative informal present
- escasea indicative present singular
- escaseamos first-person indicative plural
- escaseáis indicative plural present
- escasean indicative plural present
- escaseaba first-person imperfect indicative
- escaseabas imperfect indicative second-person
- escaseábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- escaseabais imperfect indicative plural
- escaseaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escasear?
- /eskaseˈaɾ/
- [es.ka.seˈaɾ]
- [eskaseˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is escasear in Spanish?
escasear appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).