La Palabra Del Dia: "escaso"

Question

escaso ( ehs-kah'-soh )

adjective ( scarce; limited; little )

There are many native English speakers here, most of us can offer great suggestions to the English sentences. I will do my best to go through them all, too. For the Spanish sentences, edit your posts according to the native Spanish speaker's suggestions. Use today's Word of the Day in your own Spanish sentence (and include the English translation as well). Try to use the word in a completely new way and vote on the sentences you like best. The winner will be chosen based upon the correct use of the word as well as the number of votes.

Guidelines:

Write sentences at least 5 words long, but don't write a paragraph either. Write your Spanish sentence, but include the English translation as well. Make the corrections suggested by other users and moderators in the comments section (try not to use personal pronouns unless absolutely necessary). Use your own words! (Don't use a translator, copy from a book, use song lyrics, etc.) Please keep political, religious or personal statements to a minimum. This is a practice game.

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Examples:

1: El mendigante decidió comprarse un café con el escaso dinero que tenía.

The beggar decided to buy a coffee with the little money he had.

2: El agua es escasa aquí en el desierto.

Water is scarce here in the desert.

You are terrific mi amiga. Gracias :-)! - Jraider, Oct 6, 2015

Gracias princesa xx - ian-hill, Oct 6, 2015

De nada mis amigos. ♥♥ - rac1, Oct 6, 2015

Always the best! - katydew, Oct 7, 2015

Answer 1

El tiempo es escaso por lo tanto debemos utilizarlos bien.

Time is scarce, therefore, we should use it well.

Time is precious. :) - rac1, Oct 6, 2015

So true... - sanlee, Oct 6, 2015

Ask not for whom the bell tolls :-(! - Jraider, Oct 6, 2015

Ah, yes. - sanlee, Oct 6, 2015

:D - Pablo064, Oct 6, 2015

Thanks, Pablo! - sanlee, Oct 7, 2015

Answer 2

Donde vivo hay escasas personas con quien puedo practicar español.

Where I live there are limited/few people with whom I can practice Spanish

Improper but accepted English: Where I live there are few people that I can practice Spanish with.

Come to New Mexico :-)! - Jraider, Oct 6, 2015

¡Bienvenido! - jrschenk, Oct 6, 2015

Chicago? You got me, anyway :) - Sassette, Oct 6, 2015

In the city there are many, but the suburbs are a different story :) - DelaSierra, Oct 6, 2015

Welcome to the thread, DelaSierra. :) - rac1, Oct 6, 2015

I see your point, but the suburbs are not a completely different story. There are pockets of heavily Hispanic areas. For privacy reasons I don't want to list the ones I'm aware of. - Sassette, Oct 6, 2015

y por acá hay nadie con quien pueda practicae pp - Joydeep_Singh, Oct 6, 2015

practicar ** - Joydeep_Singh, Oct 6, 2015

How can it be both improper and accepted? - mstivers, Oct 7, 2015

"accepted" by common usage. - ian-hill, Oct 7, 2015

English speakers, despite grammar rules, tend to accept ending a sentence with a preposition. This is not the case with Spanish. And Sassette, you are right, but I'm speaking of those I'm closest to. - DelaSierra, Oct 7, 2015

@DeLaSierra in your sentence "with" is indeed a preposition but sometimes what looks like a preposition is part of a phrasal verb as "put up with" which has no true prepositions in use. - Jubilado, Oct 8, 2015

Answer 3

Mientras el agua se vuelve cada vez más escaso escasa en partes de los Estados Unidos debido a las sequías y la creciente población, es muy importante que dediquemos este recurso precioso a las cosas más vitales para el bienestar de la gente, como los campos de golf.

As water becomes increasingly scarce in parts of the United States due to droughts and the increasing population, it is very important that we dedicate this precious resource to the things most vital to the well-being of the people, like golf courses.

http://www.usga.org/course-care/water-resource-center/why-golf-courses-need-water.html

I agree, we need to do all we can to preserve our precious resources. - rac1, Oct 6, 2015

This is a gorgeous course :-)! - Jraider, Oct 6, 2015

Advise your daughter not to have children to save our planet. :-) - Sassette, Oct 6, 2015

Ah, but we have two conflicting problems- the exhaustion of resources from non-sustainable usage balanced against the Ponzi schemes that are used to provide for the elderly- if there are no working young people, who is going to pay taxes to maintain socie - bosquederoble, Oct 6, 2015

But we should not get into political discussions, and this perhaps is edging that way. ;) - bosquederoble, Oct 6, 2015

We humans have eaten up our mother planet .. I feel ashamed .. - Joydeep_Singh, Oct 6, 2015

It is impossible to destroy water - polute it and use it so that others have none yes. - ian-hill, Oct 6, 2015

maybe 'escaso' would be correct I don't know but '...cada vez mas escasa' is how you would hear it, a couples of days before you posted something about 'los avestruces' and in that case I know it's correct in masculine but people say 'Las avestruces' :D - Pablo064, Oct 6, 2015

I agree with you, I think it should escasa, it refers to agua, which is feminine, despite the el. Thanks. :) - bosquederoble, Oct 6, 2015

I wonder some times if I will ever get good enough to no longer make errors in gender (I am pretty sure I will never be good enough to not make an error with a preposition). :D - bosquederoble, Oct 6, 2015

Answer 4

No es inusual para los osos a entrar en entren a mi pueblo de las montañas cuando su suministro de alimentos es se vuelve escaso.

It is not unusual for bears to come into my town from the mountains when their food supply becomes scarce.

Apparently there plenty of people to eat in the valley. ;) - jrschenk, Oct 6, 2015

I wonder if it's escasO at the end of the sentence. - Sassette, Oct 6, 2015

I think that you're right Missy :-)! - Jraider, Oct 6, 2015

Yikes! - rac1, Oct 6, 2015

..es inusual que los osos entren/vengan a mi pueblo...'es escaso' is perfect but if you want something for 'become scarce' you can say 'alimentos se vuelve escaso' ;) - Pablo064, Oct 6, 2015

Muchas gracias Pablo :-)! - Jraider, Oct 6, 2015

Answer 5

La ayuda que recibieron fue muy escasa. / They received very little help.

Nuestros recursos son escasos. / We don’t have much in the way of resources.

Tiene tres años escasos. / She’s only just three.

La mesa tiene una altura de medio metro escaso. / The table is barely half a metre high.

Great examples Sir ian :-)! - Jraider, Oct 6, 2015

Just wondering....why you used "only and just" together? :) - rac1, Oct 6, 2015

Using just or only one of them has a different meaning. xx :) - ian-hill, Oct 6, 2015

3rd and 4th examples are super.. - Joydeep_Singh, Oct 6, 2015

Answer 6

Se dice que en nuestra época hay escaso diálogo entre padres e hijos . ¿ Quien tiene la culpa ?

It is said that in our time there is little dialogue between parents and children. Who is to blame?

...."to blame"... Hola Porcu. :) - rac1, Oct 6, 2015

I'd blame cell phones :-)! - Jraider, Oct 6, 2015

..hay escaso diálogo.. ;) - Pablo064, Oct 6, 2015

Thanks Rac - porcupine7, Oct 7, 2015

Gracias Pablo - porcupine7, Oct 7, 2015

Answer 7

Vanessa es como Dani. No le gusta una motocicleta que tiene un motor de escasa potencia.

Vanessa is like Dani. She does not like a motorcycle that has an engine of low power.

Vroom vroom Vanessa :-)! - Jraider, Oct 6, 2015

Feed those horses Ethyl! (premium, high test, supreme, etc.) - jrschenk, Oct 6, 2015

Keep the oil changed. jeje - rac1, Oct 6, 2015

We would say it in plural referring to mtorcycles in general..'no le gustan las motocicletas con motor de escasa potencia..' ;) - Pablo064, Oct 6, 2015

Gracias, Pablo :) - Raja-jani, Oct 7, 2015

Answer 8

Las ideas no son escasas en cuanto a cómo vestir durante la temporada de Noche de Brujas. Quiero que mi novio imaginario me vea en la ropa interior femenina que está mostrada más abajo para alguno divertido escalofriante.

Ideas are not scarce in terms of how to dress during the Halloween season. I want my imaginary boyfriend to see me in the lingerie that is pictured below for some spooky fun.

I like everything but the socks :-)! - Jraider, Oct 6, 2015

No me Gusta ver las mujeres en la ropa tan escasa ,, pero a ti novio le gustaría, a lo mejor ..hehehe - Joydeep_Singh, Oct 6, 2015

Halloween is just around the corner. :) - rac1, Oct 6, 2015

Halloween is my favorite holiday. In California at the same time we have Día de los Muertos. - mstivers, Oct 7, 2015

I love the spider. - ray76, Oct 8, 2015

Answer 9

En Carolina del Sur tienen una inundación pero en California el agua es escasa.

In South Carolina they have a flood, but in California water is scarce.

It's the worst. - rac1, Oct 7, 2015

Answer 10

En algunos lugares, la comida es escasa, mientras que en otros hay demasiada.

In some places food is scarce while in others there is too much.

She is pigging out. HI Jenny. :) - rac1, Oct 8, 2015

..mientras que en otros..demasiada (comida) ;) - Pablo064, Oct 8, 2015

Answer 11

Con mi escaso vocabulario en español nunca he oído hasta hoy la palabra escaso. ¡Espero que me la acuerda!

With my limited vocabulary in Spanish I've never heard until today the word escaso. I hope I can remember it!

You will, amigo. :):) - rac1, Oct 8, 2015