Meaning
to be scarce, run short
- to be in short supply, insufficient, or lacking
In a sentence
In estate l'acqua potabile comincia spesso a scarseggiare.
In summer, drinking water often begins to run short.
Durante la crisi il lavoro qualificato ha scarseggiato per mesi.
During the crisis, skilled jobs were scarce for months.
Le nostre scorte di cibo non scarseggiano ancora, ma dobbiamo fare attenzione.
Our food supplies are not running low yet, but we must be careful.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| scarseggiare | infinitive |
| scarseggio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| scarseggi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scarseggia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scarseggiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| scarseggiate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scarseggiano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scarseggiavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scarseggiavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scarseggiava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scarseggiavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scarseggiavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scarseggiavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scarseggiai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| scarseggiasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| scarseggiò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| scarseggiammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| scarseggiaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| scarseggiarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| scarseggerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| scarseggerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| scarseggerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| scarseggeremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| scarseggerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| scarseggeranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| scarseggi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| scarseggi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scarseggi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scarseggiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| scarseggiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scarseggino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scarseggiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| scarseggiassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| scarseggiasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| scarseggiassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| scarseggiaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| scarseggiassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| scarseggerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| scarseggeresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| scarseggerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| scarseggeremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| scarseggereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| scarseggerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| scarseggia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| scarseggiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| scarseggiate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| scarseggiando | gerund |
| scarseggiato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Intransitive; uses 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Takes the preposition 'di' when specifying what someone lacks: 'scarseggiare di qcs'.