carecer

== Galician == === Verb === 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) (intransitive) to lack, to be lacking [with de ‘in’] Synonym: faltar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== carencia carente == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *carēscere, from Latin carēre (“to lack”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === carecer (first-person singular present careço, first-person singular preterite careci, past participle carecido) (intransitive) to lack, to be lacking [with de ‘in’] Synonym: faltar Antonyms: dispor, possuir, ter ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== carência carente === References === === Further reading === “carecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “carecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *carēscere, from Latin carēre (“to lack”), whence English caret. Compare parecer from Vulgar Latin parēscere, from Latin parere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaɾeˈθeɾ/ [ka.ɾeˈθeɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /kaɾeˈseɾ/ [ka.ɾeˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: ca‧re‧cer === Verb === carecer (first-person singular present carezco, first-person singular preterite carecí, past participle carecido) to lack, to be lacking [with de ‘in’] Synonym: faltar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “carecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025