Scant means Escasa in Spanish | Discover Synonyms, Part of Speech & Examples

Scant

Meaning of Scant in Spanish :

scant

escasa

ADJ

Synonyms: scarce, poor, insufficient, sparse, weak

The second principle concerns the scant productivity in the application ... El segundo principio es la escasa productividad de la aplicación ...
Despite its scant production, the cultivation area ... A pesar de su escasa producción, la zona de cultivo ...
... , as well as the scant participation of children in ... ... , así como la escasa participación de la infancia en ...
... in a dungeon, with some scant remnants for ... en un calabozo, con algunos restos de escasa
... the more particularly as it was scant in quantity. ... el más especial, ya que era escasa en cantidad.

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in English

1. Poor

poor

pobre

ADJ

Synonyms: meager, poor fellow

Get over here and help your poor mother. Anda a ayudar a tu pobre madre.
Leave him be, the poor guy. Déjalo, al pobre chico.
Poor among the poor. Pobre entre los pobres.
None need grow poor. Nadie debe crecer pobre.
Poor thing never saw the light of day. La pobre cosita nunca vio la luz del sol.
Alms for the poor. Una limosna para el pobre.

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II)

deficiente

ADJ

Synonyms: deficient, lacking, poorly, flawed, inadequate, impaired

Even as a beginning, it is poor. A pesar de que un comienzo, ésta es deficiente.
In view of the poor quality of included trials ... En vista de la calidad deficiente de los ensayos incluidos ...
Poor dietary intake of vitamins has been associated with ... La deficiente ingesta dietética de vitaminas se ha asociado con ...
Changes include poor healing, loss of ... Los cambios incluyen curación deficiente, pérdida de la ...
Poor communication, or no ... La comunicación deficiente, o nula, ...
Poor governance, and decisions ... La deficiente gobernabilidad y las decisiones ...

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III)

mala

ADJ

Synonyms: bad, mean, ill, evil, malignant

Your awareness of the situation is rather poor. Tu conciencia de la situación es un tanto mala.
Here this poor cat. Aquí estas gata mala.
My eyesight is poor. Mi vista es mala.
And a body will not work well with poor food. Y el cuerpo no funcionará bien con una mala alimentación.
And their security cameras are poor quality. Y las cámaras son de mala calidad.
It was raining and the visibility was poor. Llovía y la visibilidad era mala.

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IV)

escasa

ADJ

Synonyms: scarce, scant, insufficient, sparse, weak

Church attendance is poor among the youngsters. La asistencia a la iglesia es escasa entre la juventud.
With your poor skill, you shouldn't ... Con tu escasa habilidad, no deberías ...
... information about the pesticides poor. ... información sobre los mismos era escasa.
... four of them were of poor methodological quality. ... cuatro de los cuales eran de escasa calidad metodológica.
... the quality of education is generally only poor or mediocre. ... la educación es generalmente de escasa o mediocre calidad.
... of these irregularities to poor training of judges and ... ... de esas irregularidades a la escasa formación de los jueces y ...

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mal

ADJ

Synonyms: bad, wrong, evil, badly, ill, poorly

He was in poor shape. Se veía muy mal.
And my health is poor. Y ando mal de salud.
You are always so nice and accepted my poor service. Usted es siempre tan agradable y aceptó mi mal servicio.
A mighty poor place for it. Vino a mal lugar para eso.
You have poor judgement. Usted tiene mal criterio.
I have poor taste in ribbons. Tengo muy mal gusto.

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VI)

poca

ADJ

Synonyms: little, low, walking, short, few

She is blind, poor thing, a cataract. Ella es ciega, una cosa poca, una catarata.
I have a poor head for study. Tengo poca cabeza para el estudio.
The tanks has very poor mobility, which limits ... Tiene muy poca movilidad, lo que limita ...
Their poor water retention capacity makes them prone to ... Su poca capacidad para retener agua los hace propensos al ...
The result is fatigue, poor endurance, an inability to ... El resultado es la fatiga, poca resistencia, incapacidad para ...
... wounded in the middle of a field under poor cover. ... herido en el medio del campo debajo de poca cobertura.

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2. Insufficient

insufficient

insuficiente

ADJ

Synonyms: inadequate, an understatement, unsatisfactory

Insufficient energy reserves to establish communications. Insuficiente energía para establecer comunicaciones.
Repeated cultivation with insufficient manure supply. Cultivo repetido con aporte insuficiente de estiércol.
The evidence is insufficient. La evidencia es insuficiente.
The torpedo may be insufficient. El torpedo puede que sea insuficiente.
The recovery plan is insufficient and has no focus. El plan de recuperación es insuficiente y está mal enfocado.
My knowledge is insufficient. Mi conocimiento es insuficiente.

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II)

escasa

ADJ

Synonyms: scarce, poor, scant, sparse, weak

3. Sparse

sparse

escasa

NOUN

Synonyms: scarce, poor, scant, insufficient, weak

Fishing is mighty sparse here. La pesca es escasa por aquí.
With weak gravity and a sparse atmosphere, Con gravedad débil y una atmósfera escasa,
A drawback of sparse coding Un inconveniente de la codificación escasa
I do not have much they are a bit sparse No tengo mucho que son un poco escasa
This section is somewhat sparse, but is meant to contain ... Esta sección es algo escasa, aunque está ideada para contener ...

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II)

rala

NOUN

III)

ralo

NOUN

Synonyms: ralo

... of the vehicle, fairly sparse, nothing of any great ... ... del vehículo es bastante ralo, no hay mucho ...

IV)

dispersos

NOUN

Synonyms: scattered, dispersed, disperse

... reparse points, managing sparse files, or dismounting a volume ... ... puntos de análisis, administrar archivos dispersos o desmontar un volumen ...
... know, it'll probably yield some sparse results, ... sabes, probablemente arrojará algunos resultados dispersos.

4. Weak

weak

débil

ADJ

Synonyms: faint, weakly, feeble, weaker, dim, weakened

Her neck was thin, weak. Su cuello era delgado, débil.
I feel quite weak from the heat. Me siento muy débil por el calor.
His heart is too weak. Su corazón es muy débil.
He left her alone when she was sick and weak. Él la dejó sola cuando estaba enferma y débil.
They think you're weak, they see an opportunity. Creen que uno es débil, y ven una oportunidad.
But your immune system is weak. Pero tu sistema inmunológico es débil.

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II)

escaso

ADJ

Synonyms: scarce, insufficiently, insufficient, sparse, scant

... the diversification of the agricultural sector is still relatively weak. ... la diversificación del sector agrícola es aún escaso.
The weak effect of placebos on ... El escaso efecto de los placebos sobre ...

III)

flojo

ADJ

Synonyms: loose, lazy, slack, lax, floppy, loosely, slacker

Not to be judgmental, but this is extremely weak. No quiero ser crítico pero esto es excesivamente flojo.
The coffee looks weak today. El café está flojo hoy.
Mommy always makes it too weak. Mamá lo hace muy flojo.
This is some weak coffee. Este café es muy flojo.
But that was weak. Pero ha estado flojo.
All men weak in bed are strong ... Todo hombre flojo en la cama, es fuerte ...