carecer

carecer (first-person singular present carezo, first-person singular preterite carecín, past participle carecido)
carecer (first-person singular present careço, first-person singular preterite carecim or careci, past participle carecido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to lack, to be lacking [with de ‘in’]

   Synonym: faltar

   El carece de bos modos.

   He lacks good manners.

• carencia
• carente

From Vulgar Latin *carēscere, from Latin carēre (“to lack”).^[1]

carecer (first-person singular present careço, first-person singular preterite careci, past participle carecido)

1. (intransitive) to lack, to be lacking [with de ‘in’]

   Synonym: faltar

   Antonyms: dispor, possuir, ter

   Ela carece de prática.

   She lacks practice.

• carência
• carente

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *carēscere, from Latin carēre (“to lack”), whence English caret.

• IPA^(key): /kaɾeˈθeɾ/ [ka.ɾeˈθeɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kaɾeˈseɾ/ [ka.ɾeˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧re‧cer

carecer (first-person singular present carezco, first-person singular preterite carecí, past participle carecido)

1. to lack, to be lacking [with de ‘in’]

   Synonym: faltar

• “carecer”, 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