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1 escasear
v.1 to be scarce, to be in short supply.2 to become scarce, to be in short supply, to fall short, to run low.3 to become scarce for, to become scarce to.Me escasean las verduras Vegetables become scarce for me.* * *1 (faltar) to be scarce, get scarce1 (dar poco) to be sparing with, skimp on* * *1.VI to be scarce2.VT (=escatimar) to be sparing with, skimp* * *verbo intransitivo* * *= be in short supply, become + scarce, be few and far between, be at a premium.Ex. It is often precisely the talents in SLIS, recognized as being in short supply, which are most attractive to other departments.Ex. The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.Ex. Good bookshops are few and far between and the kind to be found in most towns are as educationally healthy as a river rich in industrial effluent is physically salubrious.Ex. Mini-abstracts are particularly important where currency is paramount or abstracting time is at a premium.* * *verbo intransitivo* * *= be in short supply, become + scarce, be few and far between, be at a premium.Ex: It is often precisely the talents in SLIS, recognized as being in short supply, which are most attractive to other departments.
Ex: The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.Ex: Good bookshops are few and far between and the kind to be found in most towns are as educationally healthy as a river rich in industrial effluent is physically salubrious.Ex: Mini-abstracts are particularly important where currency is paramount or abstracting time is at a premium.* * *escasear [A1 ]viempiezan a escasear los alimentos food is running short o is becoming scarcedicen que va a escasear el café they say there's going to be a coffee shortageuna zona en la que escasea el agua an area where water is in short supply■ escasearvt(escatimar): nos escaseaban los recursos they had cut back on our resources, they were limiting our resourcesescasean el producto para luego subirlo de precio they create a shortage in the market so they can put up the price* * *
escasear ( conjugate escasear) verbo intransitivo:
va a escasear el café there's going to be a coffee shortage
escasear verbo intransitivo to be scarce
' escasear' also found in these entries:
English:
scarce
- supply
- thin
- premium
- short
* * *escasear vito be scarce, to be in short supply;empezaba a escasear el agua water was beginning to run short;escasean los expertos en informática computer experts are in short supply;escaseaba la comida entre los refugiados the refugees didn't have much food* * *I v/i be scarce, be in short supplyII v/t use sparingly, be sparing with* * *escasear vi: to be scarce, to run short* * *escasear vb to be scarce
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