escaso
Meanings
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
Examples25
El tiempo se hace escaso.
Time is getting short.
Este mes estoy escaso de dinero.
Money's tight for me this month.
Tom se está quedando escaso de dinero.
Tom is running short of money.
Estamos escasos de dinero.
We're short of money.
Ando escaso de fondos.
I am short of money.
Ando escaso de tiempo.
I am pressed for time.