carecer

Portuguese

Verb

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

1. to lack, to be lacking (in)

Usage notes

• Carecer is normally followed by de.

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -er verb carecer

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -er group. The last letter c is changed to ç, depending on the following vowel, resulting in these four possible sequences: -ça-, -ce-, -ci- and -ço-. Verbs with this conjugation include: acontecer, amanhecer, carecer, conhecer, descer, esquecer, merecer, parecer, reconhecer, tecer, vencer.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	carecer
Personal	carecer	careceres	carecer	carecermos	carecerdes	carecerem
Gerund
	carecendo
Past participle
Masculine	carecido			carecidos
Feminine	carecida			carecidas
Indicative
Present	careço	careces	carece	carecemos	careceis	carecem
Imperfect	carecia	carecias	carecia	carecíamos	carecíeis	careciam
Preterite	careci	careceste	careceu	carecemos	carecestes	careceram
Pluperfect	carecera	careceras	carecera	carecêramos	carecêreis	careceram
Future	carecerei	carecerás	carecerá	careceremos	carecereis	carecerão
Conditional
	careceria	carecerias	careceria	careceríamos	careceríeis	careceriam
Subjunctive
Present	careça	careças	careça	careçamos	careçais	careçam
Imperfect	carecesse	carecesses	carecesse	carecêssemos	carecêsseis	carecessem
Future	carecer	careceres	carecer	carecermos	carecerdes	carecerem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	carece	careça	careçamos	carecei	careçam
Negative (não)	-	careças	careça	careçamos	careçais	careçam

Related terms

• carência
• carente

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Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *carescō, from Latin careō (“I lack”).

Pronunciation

• (seseo merger) IPA^(key): [käɾe̞ˈse̞ɾ]
• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /kaɾeˈθeɾ/
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /kaɾeˈseɾ/

Verb

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

1. to lack, to be lacking (in)

Usage notes

• Carecer is normally followed by de.

Conjugation

• Rule: c becomes a zc before a or o.

    Conjugation of carecer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			carecer
gerund			careciendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		carecido		carecida
		plural		carecidos		carecidas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	carezco	carecestú carecésvos	carece	carecemos	carecéis	carecen
	imperfect	carecía	carecías	carecía	carecíamos	carecíais	carecían
	preterite	carecí	careciste	careció	carecimos	carecisteis	carecieron
	future	careceré	carecerás	carecerá	careceremos	careceréis	carecerán
	conditional	carecería	carecerías	carecería	careceríamos	careceríais	carecerían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	carezca	carezcas	carezca	carezcamos	carezcáis	carezcan
	imperfect (ra)	careciera	carecieras	careciera	careciéramos	carecierais	carecieran
	imperfect (se)	careciese	carecieses	careciese	careciésemos	carecieseis	careciesen
	future1	careciere	carecieres	careciere	careciéremos	careciereis	carecieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		carecetú carecévos	carezca	carezcamos	careced	carezcan
	negative		no carezcas	no carezca	no carezcamos	no carezcáis	no carezcan

• ¹ Mostly obsolete form, still used in legal jargon and set phrases.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

► Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation c-zc)

Related terms

• carencia
• carente
• carestía