escaso

Spanish

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. rare
  2. insufficient, scarce
  3. scanty
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