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Translate scarce from English to Spanish

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scarce:
- escaso; excepcional; raro
Wiktionary:
- scarce → escaso
- scarce → raro, escaso, rara

English

Detailed Translations for scarce from English to Spanish

scarce:

scarce adj

scarce (uncommon)
escaso; excepcional; raro
- escaso adj
- excepcional adj
- raro adj

Translation Matrix for scarce:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
raro		odd fellow; queer; strange person; weirdo
Adverb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	barely; hardly; just; scarcely
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
escaso	scarce; uncommon	close by; faint; feeble; few; frail; indigent; meager; meagre; near; needy; pale; parched; pennyless; poor; puny; sick; skinny; small; thin; to a limited extent; to a small extent; wan; weak
excepcional	scarce; uncommon	excellent; exceptional; exclusive; exeptional; exquisite; extraordinary; fabulous; fantastic; first-rate; grand; great; incomparable; inimitable; isolated; marvellous; marvelous; not used to; on its own; once in a life time; one and only; phenomenal; prodigious; rare; separate; smashing; sole; special; splendid; terrific; the one and only; top-notch; tremendous; uncommon; unique; unparalleled; unusual
raro	scarce; uncommon	alien; atypical; baroque; bizarre; crazy; curious; daft; different; eccentric; exceptional; exotic; extraordinary; foolish; foreign; freak; funny; hardly ever; idiosyncratic; idiotic; insane; little; mad; mixed up; muzzy; not used to; noteworthy; odd; outlandish; peculiar; phenomenal; prodigious; queer; rare; rarely; ridiculous; seldom; silly; strange; stupid; uncommon; unique; unusual; weird

Related Words for "scarce":

scarceness, scarcer, scarcest, scarcely

Synonyms for "scarce":

insufficient; deficient
rare; tight; meager; meagre; meagerly; stingy; scrimpy
barely; hardly; just; scarcely

Antonyms for "scarce":

abundant

Related Definitions for "scarce":

deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand¹
- fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought¹
only a very short time before¹
- would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave¹

Wiktionary Translations for scarce:

scarce

adjective

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- scarce → escaso

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• scarce	→ raro; escaso	↔ schaars — weinig in aantal of hoeveelheid
• scarce	→ raro; escaso	↔ rar — nur in geringer Anzahl vorhanden; nur in geringer Häufigkeit vorkommend
• scarce	→ escaso	↔ insuffisant — Qui ne suffire pas.
• scarce	→ raro; rara	↔ rare — Qui est en petit nombre, qui se trouve difficilement.

Related Translations for scarce

make oneself scarce

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