escaso

Meaning

  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

Concepts

scarce
little
scanty
rare
sparse
short
meagre
stingy
scant
lean
small

small quantity

a little
insufficient
meager
poor
skimpy
slender
slight
thin
ungenerous
only
penurious
uncommon
kind of
just
in short supply
inadequate
scrimpy
seldom
grudging
skimp
thin on the ground
wanting
scrimy
slim
frugal
some
spare
sparing
few
🤏
bare

a little bit

tight
tightfisted
limited
light
low
tight-fisted
meagerly
Synonyms

poco
A1
limitado
C2
insuficiente
23k
raro
A2
pequeño
A1
un poco
corto
B1
escasa
24k
algo
A1
deficiente
28k
tierno
C1
menos
A1

algo menos

exiguo
mezquino
C2
mínimo
B2
no más
s
A2
restringido
22k

escasero

que se acaba rápido

chilarí

acabar
B1

corto miserable

bajo
A1
breve
B2
chico
A1
débil
B1
difícil
A1
infrecuente
pobre
A2

poca cantidad

pocas veces

avariento
despreciable
C1
escasear
Translations

rare
escasso
escàs
insuffisant
scarso
poco
insuficiente
wenig
selten
knapp
maigre
karg
zeldzaam
limitato
court
Frequency

21k
Hyphenated as
es‧ca‧so
Pronounced as (IPA)
/esˈkaso/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin
excerpere
Cognate with English
English
scarce
In summary

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

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