Significado
to be scarce, run short
- to be in short supply, insufficient, or lacking
En una frase
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.
Formas de la palabra (48)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Notas de uso
- Intransitive; uses 'avere' in compound tenses.
- Takes the preposition 'di' when specifying what someone lacks: 'scarseggiare di qcs'.