Escasear

to be scarce

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Infinitive (infinitivo)

Base form of the verb

escasear

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Gerund (gerundio)

Present participle (-ing form)

escaseando

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Past Participle

Used in compound tenses

escaseado

Simple Tenses

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Present Indicative (presente de indicativo)

Present actions and habitual activities

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	escaseo I be scarce	I be scarce
tú	escaseas you be scarce	you be scarce
él/ella/usted	escasea he/she/you be scarces	he/she/you be scarces
nosotros	escaseamos we be scarce	we be scarce
vosotros	escaseáis you all be scarce	you all be scarce
ellos/ustedes	escasean they/you all be scarce	they/you all be scarce

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Imperfect Indicative (imperfecto de indicativo)

Ongoing past actions and descriptions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	escaseaba I used to be scarce	I used to be scarce
tú	escaseabas you used to be scarce	you used to be scarce
él/ella/usted	escaseaba he/she/you used to be scarce	he/she/you used to be scarce
nosotros	escaseábamos we used to be scarce	we used to be scarce
vosotros	escaseabais you all used to be scarce	you all used to be scarce
ellos/ustedes	escaseaban they/you all used to be scarce	they/you all used to be scarce

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Preterit (pretérito)

Completed past actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	escaseé I be scarced	I be scarced
tú	escaseaste you be scarced	you be scarced
él/ella/usted	escaseó he/she/you be scarced	he/she/you be scarced
nosotros	escaseamos we be scarced	we be scarced
vosotros	escaseasteis you all be scarced	you all be scarced
ellos/ustedes	escasearon they/you all be scarced	they/you all be scarced

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Future (futuro)

Future actions and intentions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	escasearé I will be scarce	I will be scarce
tú	escasearás you will be scarce	you will be scarce
él/ella/usted	escaseará he/she/you will be scarce	he/she/you will be scarce
nosotros	escasearemos we will be scarce	we will be scarce
vosotros	escasearéis you all will be scarce	you all will be scarce
ellos/ustedes	escasearán they/you all will be scarce	they/you all will be scarce

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Conditional (potencial simple)

Hypothetical and conditional actions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	escasearía I would be scarce	I would be scarce
tú	escasearías you would be scarce	you would be scarce
él/ella/usted	escasearía he/she/you would be scarce	he/she/you would be scarce
nosotros	escasearíamos we would be scarce	we would be scarce
vosotros	escasearíais you all would be scarce	you all would be scarce
ellos/ustedes	escasearían they/you all would be scarce	they/you all would be scarce

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Present Subjunctive (presente de subjuntivo)

Subjective present actions and desires

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	escasee that I be scarce	that I be scarce
tú	escasees that you be scarce	that you be scarce
él/ella/usted	escasee that he/she/you be scarce	that he/she/you be scarce
nosotros	escaseemos that we be scarce	that we be scarce
vosotros	escaseéis that you all be scarce	that you all be scarce
ellos/ustedes	escaseen that they/you all be scarce	that they/you all be scarce

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Imperfect Subjunctive (imperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective past actions and hypothetical situations

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	escaseara or escasease that I be scarced	that I be scarced
tú	escasearas or escaseases that you be scarced	that you be scarced
él/ella/usted	escaseara or escasease that he/she/you be scarced	that he/she/you be scarced
nosotros	escaseáramos or escaseásemos that we be scarced	that we be scarced
vosotros	escasearais or escaseaseis that you all be scarced	that you all be scarced
ellos/ustedes	escasearan or escaseasen that they/you all be scarced	that they/you all be scarced

Compound Tenses

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Present Perfect (perfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed recently or with present relevance

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	he escaseado I have be scarced	I have be scarced
tú	has escaseado you have be scarced	you have be scarced
él/ella/usted	ha escaseado he/she/you have be scarced	he/she/you have be scarced
nosotros	hemos escaseado we have be scarced	we have be scarced
vosotros	habéis escaseado you all have be scarced	you all have be scarced
ellos/ustedes	han escaseado they/you all have be scarced	they/you all have be scarced

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Pluperfect Indicative (pluscuamperfecto de indicativo)

Actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	había escaseado I had be scarced	I had be scarced
tú	habías escaseado you had be scarced	you had be scarced
él/ella/usted	había escaseado he/she/you had be scarced	he/she/you had be scarced
nosotros	habíamos escaseado we had be scarced	we had be scarced
vosotros	habíais escaseado you all had be scarced	you all had be scarced
ellos/ustedes	habían escaseado they/you all had be scarced	they/you all had be scarced

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Preterit Perfect (pretérito anterior)

Actions completed immediately before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hube escaseado I had be scarced	I had be scarced
tú	hubiste escaseado you had be scarced	you had be scarced
él/ella/usted	hubo escaseado he/she/you had be scarced	he/she/you had be scarced
nosotros	hubimos escaseado we had be scarced	we had be scarced
vosotros	hubisteis escaseado you all had be scarced	you all had be scarced
ellos/ustedes	hubieron escaseado they/you all had be scarced	they/you all had be scarced

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Future Perfect (futuro perfecto)

Actions that will be completed by a future time

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habré escaseado I will have be scarced	I will have be scarced
tú	habrás escaseado you will have be scarced	you will have be scarced
él/ella/usted	habrá escaseado he/she/you will have be scarced	he/she/you will have be scarced
nosotros	habremos escaseado we will have be scarced	we will have be scarced
vosotros	habréis escaseado you all will have be scarced	you all will have be scarced
ellos/ustedes	habrán escaseado they/you all will have be scarced	they/you all will have be scarced

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Conditional Perfect (potencial compuesto)

Actions that would have been completed under certain conditions

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	habría escaseado I would have be scarced	I would have be scarced
tú	habrías escaseado you would have be scarced	you would have be scarced
él/ella/usted	habría escaseado he/she/you would have be scarced	he/she/you would have be scarced
nosotros	habríamos escaseado we would have be scarced	we would have be scarced
vosotros	habríais escaseado you all would have be scarced	you all would have be scarced
ellos/ustedes	habrían escaseado they/you all would have be scarced	they/you all would have be scarced

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Subjunctive Present Perfect (perfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed in relation to the present

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	haya escaseado that I have be scarced	that I have be scarced
tú	hayas escaseado that you have be scarced	that you have be scarced
él/ella/usted	haya escaseado that he/she/you have be scarced	that he/she/you have be scarced
nosotros	hayamos escaseado that we have be scarced	that we have be scarced
vosotros	hayáis escaseado that you all have be scarced	that you all have be scarced
ellos/ustedes	hayan escaseado that they/you all have be scarced	that they/you all have be scarced

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Subjunctive Past Perfect (pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo)

Subjective actions completed before another past action

Person	Conjugation	English
yo	hubiera escaseado that I had be scarced	that I had be scarced
tú	hubieras escaseado that you had be scarced	that you had be scarced
él/ella/usted	hubiera escaseado that he/she/you had be scarced	that he/she/you had be scarced
nosotros	hubiéramos escaseado that we had be scarced	that we had be scarced
vosotros	hubierais escaseado that you all had be scarced	that you all had be scarced
ellos/ustedes	hubieran escaseado that they/you all had be scarced	that they/you all had be scarced

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Commands (imperativo)

Commands and direct orders

Person	Command	English
tú	escasea	be scarce! (you)
usted	escasee	be scarce! (you formal)
nosotros	escaseemos	let's be scarce!
vosotros	escasead	be scarce! (you all)
ustedes	escaseen	be scarce! (you all)

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Negative Commands (imperativo negativo)

Negative commands and prohibitions

Person	Command	English
tú	no escasees	don't be scarce! (you)
usted	no escasee	don't be scarce! (you formal)
nosotros	no escaseemos	let's not be scarce!
vosotros	no escaseéis	don't be scarce! (you all)
ustedes	no escaseen	don't be scarce! (you all)

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