escaso

Betekenis

1. scarce, limited, scant, meager, meagre, skimpy, rare, insufficient, slight, slim
2. low, little, small, poor, weak (in quantity, degree, size, rate or estimate)
3. sparse, scanty, thin

Met koppelteken als

es‧ca‧so

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/esˈkaso/

Etymologie

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *escarpsus, from Late Latin excarpsus (“rare”), from *excarpere (“pluck out”), from classical Latin excerpere. Related to English scarce.