escaso
Spanish, adjective/esˈkaso/
escaso is spelled E-S-C-A-S-O (6 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,590th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Escaso is a Spanish adjective meaning “scarce, limited, scant, meager, meagre, skimpy, rare, insufficient, slight, slim” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que se presenta en poca cantidad”.
What does escaso mean in English?
adjective
- 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
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que se presenta en poca cantidad 2. Que es insuficiente. 3. Que no llega a ser completo algo que se expresa. 4. Que tiene demasiada demanda y poca oferta.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of escaso
- escasa feminine
- escasos masculine plural
- escasas feminine plural
- escasísimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce escaso?
- /esˈkaso/
- [esˈka.so]
- [esˈkaso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to escaso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is escaso in Spanish?
escaso appears 6.8 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).