Find a word related to S P A R S E
The idea is to find an English word (synonym –- antonym -- phrase or idiom ) related to the word S P A R S E (adjective)
and then
write a simple sentence in English and Spanish for that word. (not Sparse)
Examples:
Politicians do not like sparsely attended meetings.
Los políticos no les gusta las reuniones escasamente atendidos.
Pictures would be nice
Mariana has kindly agreed to be the “official” corrector of the Spanish.
I think I can manage being the “unofficial” corrector for the English, je je
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El oro es un metal raro y por lo tanto muy valiosos.
Gold is a rare metal and therefore very valuable.
He cooks using only a meager amount of spice.
Él cocina usando sólo una escasa cantidad de especias.
The crops were scanty this year and we must replant.
La cosecha estuvo limitada esta año y tenemos que plantar de nuevo.
He is almost bald.
Es un hombre practicalmente calvo.
( His has rather sparse hair.)
Me gustan mucho las faldas escasas y los escotes generosos.
I like skimpy skirts and low necklines.
The devil came for supper, but as the harvest had been so poor we could only offer him a meagre portion of porridge.
El diablo vino para cenar con nosotros, pero como la cosecha había sido tan pobre, podíamos ofrecerle solo una pequeña ración de gachas de avena.
I scarcely have any idea!
¡No tengo ni idea!
Buses are few and far between.
Hay poquísimos autobuses.
Hay poquísimos politicos honestos.
Honest politicians are few and far between.
synonym: occasional
Hoy en día, habrá lluvias y tormentas ocasionales.
Today, there will be occasional showers and storms.
He is paying one of his infrequent visits to London. Él está pagando una de sus frecuentes visitas a Londres.
Wisdom is scarce but fools are plenty.
La sabiduría es escasa pero hay tontos en abundancia.
The poor bus time table means that those few buses that actually run have a scarcity value.
El horario de autobuses es tan mál que los pocos autobuses que corren, tienen un valór de escasez.
synonym: thin
Debido a la sequía del verano, las cosechas de muchos campos ha sido finas.
Due to the summer drought, the yields of many fields has been thin.
S p a r s e
Part of Speech - adjective
Definition: hardly any
Synonyms:
exiguous, few and far between, imperceptible, inconsequential, inconsiderable, infrequent, insufficient, lean, less, meager, middling, minor, minority, minute, negligible, not many, not too many, occasional, paltry, petty, piddling, rare, scant, scanty, scarce, scarcely any, scattered, scattering, seldom, semioccasional, short, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, some, sparse , sporadic, stingy, straggling, thin, trifling, uncommon, unfrequent, widely spaced
