escasso

Meaning

  1. scarce, rare
  2. sparse, scanty

Concepts

scarce
scanty
sparse
poor
thin
few
🤏
meager
in short supply
rare
lean
meagre
uncommon
precious
skimpy
gaunt
scant
paltry
stingy
thin on the ground
defective
deficient
exiguous
inadequate
insufficient
laconic
meagerly
scarcity
scrimpy
short
skimp
skinny
slight
spare
tight
unsatisfying
bare
Synonyms

insuficiente
22k
raro
B2

pouco freqüente

precioso
C1

pouco frequente

de pouca densidade

magro
C1
Translations

escaso
insuffisant

schriel

schaars
schraal
dürftig
karig
escàs
maigre
rare
knapp
karg
kärglich
zeldzaam
selten
Frequency

35k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/isˈka.su/
Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese escasso, from Vulgar Latin *excarsus, for Latin excerptus, from excerpō. Thus doublet of excerto.

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