escaso

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese escasso, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *excarsus, for excerptus, from Latin excerpō. Cognate with Portuguese escasso, Spanish escaso, English scarce.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈkaso/ [es̺ˈkɑ.s̺ʊ]
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Hyphenation: es‧ca‧so

Adjective

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escaso (feminine escasa, masculine plural escasos, feminine plural escasas)

  1. scarce, rare
  2. sparse, scanty
  3. foolish, injudicious
  4. niggardly, miserly
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 227:
      quen foy couardo ou quen ardido, ou foy mao ou bõo, ou quen foy uilão ou paação, ou feo ou aposto, ou arrizado ou flaco, ou barnesco ou escasso, ou mãsso ou sañudo
      who was coward or who was hardy, or who was bad or good, or who was villein or palatial, or ugly or handsome, or vigorous or feeble, or generous or niggardly, or gentle or wicked

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈkaso/ [esˈka.so]
  • Rhymes: -aso
  • Syllabification: es‧ca‧so

Adjective

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escaso (feminine escasa, masculine plural escasos, feminine plural escasas)

  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

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