scarso

Meaning

  1. scarce, scanty, scant, poor, little, limited, short
  2. feeble, weak
  3. low-quality
  4. light (wind)

Concepts

scarce
scanty
slight
scant
little
small
sparse
insufficient
meagre
spare
tight
short
poor
skimpy
scrimpy
second-rate
skimpily
slender
slim
some
stingy
thin

a little bit

tigh

bare
frugal
inadequate
lacking
lean
light
limited
meager
meagerly
mediocre
rare
scantily
scarcity
Opposite of
abbondante, grande, molto, numeroso
Synonyms

difficilmente reperibile

piccolo
A1
magro
C1
povero
B1
cattivo
B1
👎
poco
A1
limitato
C2
raro
C1
insufficiente
29k
meschino
C2
scarno
striminzito

un po’

non grande

basso
B1

di poco valore

breve
B1
debole
B1
esiguo
mediocre
C2
misero
C1
qualcosa
A1
Translations

knapp
escaso
spärlich
insuffisant
rare
pauvre
maigre

peu abondant

faible
réduit
escasso
dürftig
gering
avare
selten
Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
scàr‧so
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈskar.so/
Etymology

From Late Latin scarpsus, excarpsus, from Latin excerpere, from excerpō (“I choose”).

Related words
discreto eccessivo notevole elevato scarsa mancanza pochissimo

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