exiguo

See also: exíguo

Latin

Noun

exiguō

1. dative/ablative singular of exiguus

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exiguus (“strict, exact, scanty, meager”), from exigō (“to drive out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡˈsiɡwo/ [eɣ̞ˈsi.ɣ̞wo]
• Rhymes: -iɡwo
• Syllabification: e‧xi‧guo

Adjective

exiguo (feminine exigua, masculine plural exiguos, feminine plural exiguas)

1. exiguous, scarce, scanty, meager

   exiguos fondos ― scanty funds

   exiguos ahorros ― meager savings

   • 1903, Godofredo Daireaux, Tipos y paisajes criollos:

     lluvias demasiado frecuentes y abundantes llenan las cañadas, achican el campo, lo reducen a algunas lomas exiguas

     too frequent and abundant rains fill the ravines, shrink the fields and reduce them to a few meager hills

Further reading

• “exiguo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024