carente
Spanish, adjective/kaˈɾente/
carente is spelled C-A-R-E-N-T-E (7 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 20,906th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Carente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “lacking, devoid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene falta de algo”.
What does carente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinelacking, devoid
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que tiene falta de algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of carente
- carentes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carente?
- /kaˈɾente/
- [kaˈɾẽn̪.t̪e]
- [kaˈɾẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carente in Spanish?
carente appears 2.2 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).