carencia

See also: carència and carência

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾenθja/ [kaˈɾẽn̟.θja] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾensja/ [kaˈɾẽn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -enθja (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• Rhymes: -ensja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: ca‧ren‧cia

Noun

carencia f (plural carencias)

1. lack, shortage

   Synonyms: carestía, penuria, escasez, falta

   Hay una carencia de agua.

   There is a lack of water.

Related terms

• carecer
• carente

Further reading

• “carencia”, 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