Escaso in english
Little
pronunciation: lɪtəl part of speech: adjective, adverb
pronunciation: lɪtəl part of speech: adjective, adverb
In gestures
escaso = light ; low ; meagre [meager, -USA] ; poor ; scant ; scarce ; slight ; slim ; scanty ; sparse ; little in the way of ; thin ; skimpy .
Example: Light use of library information resources raises the concern that students are developing an inadequate base of retrieval skills for finding information on new procedures, diseases and drugs.Example: Carlton Duncan discussed the difficulties built into the educational processes which led to under-performance at school and the resulting low representation in higher education and low entry into the professions.Example: Soon, however, the collection outgrew its meagre quarters and a full-fledged library occupying a 40x60 foot area came into being.Example: Examples are generally poor or obscure (often in Latin or German).Example: Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.Example: If staff time and expertise for initial evolution of the thesaurus are scarce, the system can usually function with a less thoroughly refined thesaurus.Example: The ISBD(CP)'s recommendations are very similar in principle to those for AACR2's 'in' analytics, except for slight changes in punctuation and order.Example: Abstracting journals vary enormously in scope ranging from vast publications covering an entire discipline, to slim volumes centred on a relatively narrow topic.Example: However, in producing a bulletin one is often torn between including the scanty, undigested and possibly inaccurate details of a new proposal and holding fire until fuller information is available, and thereby missing a publication deadline.Example: The popular libraries in Lima are sparse and lack the technology and the cultural and information instruments popular in Italy.Example: Without any significant restructuring, the LIS programme in Iran will provide little in the way of riding out the rapid transition that the field is currently experiencing.Example: Although it may be a bit thin in its use of standard academic sources of information, it is exceedingly strong on insider information and personal interviews.Example: Often times new graduate job-seekers produce skimpy resumes because they fail to include all of their relevant experience.more:
» andar escaso de = be short of ; be hard-up for .
Example: Libraries are ordinarily short of space for collections, staff, and readers = Generalmente, las bibliotecas andan faltas de espacio para las colecciones, el personal y los lectores. Example: It's not unusual to be more hard-up for cash in summer than during other seasons, because you're likely making more impulse purchases.» andar (muy) escaso de dinero = be strapped for + cash ; be (hard) pressed for + money ; be (hard) pushed for + money .
Example: Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down. Example: In these difficult times, we all find ourselves hard pressed for money every once in a while. Example: The mortgage carried him on for seven months, but at the end of that time he was hard pushed for money again.» andar (muy) escaso de tiempo = be (hard) pressed for + time ; be (hard) pushed for + time .
Example: Spring is the most important planting time here in the west, and nurserymen are hard pressed for time to fill all the orders. Example: This short adventure is designed for those who are hard pushed for time and want to do something active during their time off.» bien escaso = scarce commodity .
Example: The author asserts that information is not a scarce commodity.» con medios muy escasos = on a shoestring (budget) .
Example: Many information agencies exist on a shoestring budgets find it financially impossible to extend their hours.» escasa comunicación = poor communication .
Example: There are also language differences and poor communication.» escasa probabilidad = slim chance ; faint chance .
Example: The article 'Slim chance for ethnic funding' explains how funding for library projects to provide assistance to ethnic minorities has almost dried up. Example: Manchester City remains 12 points behind league-leading Manchester United, with a faint chance of catching them for the league title.» escaso de dinero = cash strapped ; financially strapped ; short of money ; strapped .
Example: As a result, the society's publishing programme went from cash strapped to thriving, even while making the periodical free online. Example: Many of our group are financially strapped, and that presents a problem but I'm game. Example: This brings me to the third factoid, the most important of the three: most Americans are more aware of being short of time than short of money. Example: This open source book is a welcome relief for strapped college students who are paying $100 and more for textbooks.» escaso de ideas = short of ideas .
Example: It is clear that the author is not short of ideas and the book contains plenty of nuggets of wisdom and suggestions for improvements.» escaso de tiempo = time-strapped ; short of time .
Example: Computers can help teachers accomplish many of their tasks more efficiently and effectively, but how can a time-strapped teacher determine which pieces of technology are likely to be most helpful?. Example: This brings me to the third factoid, the most important of the three: most Americans are more aware of being short of time than short of money.» estar escaso de = be hard-up for .
Example: It's not unusual to be more hard-up for cash in summer than during other seasons, because you're likely making more impulse purchases.» evidencia + ser + escasa = evidence + be + slight .
Example: Evidence is slight that books ever helped spread the epidemics of smallpox, tuberculosis, and scarlet fever that raged in US and European cities at the turn of the century = Existen escasas pruebas de que los libros ayudasen alguna vez a extender las epidemias de viruela, tuberculosis y escarlatina que arrasaron ciudades estadounidenses y europeas a finales de siglo.» haber (una) escasa(s) posibilidad(es) de que = there + be + a slim chance that ; there + be + a faint chance that .
Example: But there was a slim chance that Kyle the perpetually smarmy had actually heard something useful. Example: The forecast was not very encouraging, yet there was a faint chance that there could be a little break in the gloomy weather in the afternoon.» haber (una) escasa(s) probabilidad(es) de que = there + be + a slim chance that ; there + be + a faint chance that .
Example: But there was a slim chance that Kyle the perpetually smarmy had actually heard something useful. Example: The forecast was not very encouraging, yet there was a faint chance that there could be a little break in the gloomy weather in the afternoon.» hacerse escaso = become + scarce .
Example: The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.» pruebas + ser + escasas = evidence + be + slight .
Example: Evidence is slight that books ever helped spread the epidemics of smallpox, tuberculosis, and scarlet fever that raged in US and European cities at the turn of the century = Existen escasas pruebas de que los libros ayudasen alguna vez a extender las epidemias de viruela, tuberculosis y escarlatina que arrasaron ciudades estadounidenses y europeas a finales de siglo.» ser escaso = be few and far between .
Example: Good bookshops are few and far between and the kind to be found in most towns are as educationally healthy as a river rich in industrial effluent is physically salubrious.» ser muy escaso = be at a premium .
Example: Mini-abstracts are particularly important where currency is paramount or abstracting time is at a premium.» ya de por sí escaso = already-scarce .
Example: The resulting duplication can be seen as a waste of already-scarce resources.