carente

From Latin carentem.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈrɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: ca‧rèn‧te

carente m or f (plural carenti)

1. (with di to mean “in”) lacking
   • 2012, Gilberto Corbellini, Stili alimentari e salute di genere, →ISBN, page 24:

     Ora, in quel contesto socio-economico, all'origine di una dieta carente di ferro c'erano certamente anche delle ragioni di preferenza alimentare.

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• carenza

• carente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• cerante, creante, crenate, nartece, recante

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈrɛn.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈrɛn̪.t̪e]

carente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of carēns

Learned borrowing from Latin carentem.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ
• Hyphenation: ca‧ren‧te

carente m or f (plural carentes)

1. (with de) destitute; in need (of); devoid (of) (lacking something)

   Essa região está carente de florestas. ― This region is destitute of forests.

2. (sometimes euphemistic) destitute; poor (lacking money)

   Synonym: pobre

   Eles não dão a mínima para as famílias carentes. ― They don’t care about the poor families.

3. (with estar) in need of emotional connection

   Desde que seus filhos morreram, ela está carente o tempo inteiro. ― Ever since her children died, she is in need of emotional connection all the time.

4. (with ser) needy (desiring constant affirmation, lacking in self confidence)

Borrowed from Latin carentem, from Latin carēre, whence English caret.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾente/ [kaˈɾẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: ca‧ren‧te

carente m or f (masculine and feminine plural carentes)

1. lacking, devoid

   Synonym: desprovisto

• “carente”, 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