carecer
Spanish, verb/kaɾeˈθeɾ/
carecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to lack, to be lacking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tener falta de alguna cosa”.
What does carecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lack, to be lacking
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tener falta de alguna cosa
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 carecer
- carezco first-person present singular
- carecí first-person preterite singular
- carecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- careciendo gerund
- carecida feminine participle past
- carecidos masculine participle past
- carecidas feminine participle past
- careces indicative informal present
- carecés indicative informal present
- carece indicative present singular
- carecemos first-person indicative plural
- carecéis indicative plural present
- carecen indicative plural present
- carecía first-person imperfect indicative
- carecías imperfect indicative second-person
- carecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- carecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce carecer?
- /kaɾeˈθeɾ/
- [ka.ɾeˈθeɾ]
- /kaɾeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to carecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is carecer in Spanish?
carecer appears 1.8 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).