Scarce, very little - Escaso (The 1544th Most Common Spanish Word)

The Spanish word for Scarce, very little is Escaso. It can be used as adjective. This word often comes up when talking about numbers & quantity. It is classified as a A2 word, and is the 1544th most commonly used word in Spanish. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to the word's pronunciation. Download our app for offline access to this and the other 3000 most common Spanish words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: scarce, very little

Spanish: escaso

Examples


Meat's scarce.	La carne está escasa.
The impact of this syndrome in the cinema is scarce.	El impacto de este síndrome en el cine es escaso.
Our professor is the bearer of this scarce and useful good.	Nuestro profesor es el portador de este escaso y útil bien.
If something is scarce, people will pay more money for it.	Si algo es escaso, la gente pagará más dinero él.
This year in particular, the tuber is scarce and very expensive.	Este año, en particular, el tubérculo es escaso y muy costoso.
Fresh water is another natural resource that will become scarce.	El agua dulce es un recurso natural que será escaso.
Rice may be scarce, but religion is plentiful.	El arroz puede ser escaso, pero la religión es copiosa.
Breakfast is very scarce and of low quality.	El desayuno es muy escaso y de calidad baja.

We must reflect on how to use this scarce resource efficiently.	Debemos reflexionar sobre cómo usar este escaso recurso de manera eficiente.
The next morning, breakfast was even more scarce.	A la mañana siguiente, el desayuno fue aún más escaso.
The study of the arachnofauna in the argentinean Yungas is scarce.	El estudio de la araneofauna en las Yungas argentinas es escaso.
Being durable and scarce, everyone recognized their value.	Siendo durable y escaso, cada uno reconoció su valor.
Efficient management of this scarce resource is especially important.	Una gestión eficiente de este escaso recurso reviste especial importancia.
At this time of the year, food is scarce.	En esta época del año el alimento es escaso.
The cooling is scarce, exceptional in the cellar.	El enfriamiento es escaso, excepcional en la bodega.
Water is a public asset, yet it is scarce.	El agua es un bien público, sin embargo es escaso.
Shame is a scarce resource during the course.	La vergüenza es un recurso escaso en el curso.
The Adyar Society saw scarce value in the teachings of HPB.	La Sociedad de Adyar veía escaso valor en las enseñanzas de HPB.
NORWAY said soil is a scarce and vulnerable resource.	NORUEGA dijo que es suelo es un recurso escaso y vulnerable.
It is as scarce for me as it is for you.	Es tan escaso para mí como lo es para usted.
The 3 scarce (radiobuttons) such as changing only the interval.	Ellos 3 escaso (botones de radio) tales como cambiar solo el intervalo.