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scarce

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈskɛə^rs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/skɛrs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(skârs)

Inflections of 'scarce' (adj):

scarcer: adj comparative

scarcest: adj superlative

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Inglés	Español
scarce adj	(lacking)	escaso/a adj
poco/a adj
New parts for machinery are scarce, so the locals have to cannibalize old machines for spares.
Las partes nuevas para la maquinaria son escasas, por eso la gente tiene que hurgar en las máquinas antiguas en busca de recambios.
scarce adj	(rare)	escaso/a adj
raro/a adj
Jobs for life are scarce these days.
Los empleos de por vida son escasos en estos tiempos.

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Additional Translations
Inglés	Español
scarce adv	literary (scarcely)	apenas adv
William could scarce believe his eyes when a ghostly figure appeared before him.
William apenas podía creer en sus ojos cuando vio que la figura fantasmal apareció delante de él.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés	Español
make yourself scarce v expr	informal (go away, disappear)	desaparecer⇒ vi
esfumarse⇒ v prnl
I need to talk to your mother in private, so could you make yourself scarce for half an hour?

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'scarce' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

at a premium - rare

Spanish:

carencial - parco - escasear - escasos recursos - hacerse un chorro de humo - enrarecer - escaso

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Synonyms: scant, scanty, insufficient, limited, lacking, more...

Collocations: scarce [resources, jobs], [jobs, opportunities, resources] are scarce (in), [a country, an area, a region] of scarce [jobs], more...

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