Spanisch | Englisch |
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escasez noun {f} | shortage [shortages](lack or deficiency) sparsity(the property of being sparse) |
escaso adjective | meager(poor, deficient or inferior) rare [rarer, rarest](very uncommon) scant [scanter, scantest](not plentiful, scarcely sufficient) scanty [scantier, scantiest](somewhat less than is needed in amplitude or extent) scarce [scarcer, scarcest](something rare, in low supply) |
escatima el palo y malcría al hijo phrase | spare the rod and spoil the child(if one does not discipline a child he or she will never learn respect or humility) |
escatimar verb | skimp [skimped, skimping, skimps](to save; to be parsimonious or stingy) stint [stinted, stinting, stints](to be sparing or mean) |
escatocolo noun {m} | eschatocolnoun |
escatología noun {f} | eschatology(system of doctrines concerning final matters, such as death) scatology(study or analysis of faeces) |
escatológico adjective | eschatological(pertaining to eschatology) |
escay noun {m} | leatherette(type of fabric made to imitate the appearance of leather) |
escayola noun | cast [casts](medicine: supportive and immobilising device) |
escayola noun {f} | plaster [plasters](mixture for coating) |
escena noun {f} | scene [scenes](the location of an event that attracts attention) stage [stages](in theatre) venue [venues](legal: place in which anything is alleged to have happened) |
escena del crimen noun {f} | crime scene(location of a crime) |
escena oscura noun | dark culture(any of a set of subcultures) |
escenario noun {m} | scenario [scenarios](outline of the plot of a dramatic or literary work) scene [scenes](place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs) stage [stages](in theatre) |
escénico adjective | scenic(having beautiful scenery) |
escéptica noun {f} | skeptic [skeptics](someone who doubts beliefs and claims) |
escépticamente adverb | skeptically(in a skeptical manner) |
escepticismo noun {m} | skepticism [skepticisms](general disposition to doubt) |
escepticista noun | scepticist(A skeptic.) |
escéptico adjective | skeptical(having, or expressing doubt) |
escéptico noun {m} | skeptic [skeptics](someone who doubts beliefs and claims) |
escheriano adjective | Escherian(of or relating to M C Escher) |
escila noun {f} | sea onion(Drimia maritima) squill(plant of the genus Scilla) |
Escila proper noun {f} | Scylla(personification of the rock) |
escila roja noun {f} | sea onion(Drimia maritima) |
escinco noun {m} | skink [skinks](lizard) |
escindir verb | cleave [clove, cloven, cleaving, cleaves](transitive chemistry) split [split, splitting, splits](divide along a more or less straight line) |