carente
Italian
Etymology
From Latin carentem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈrɛn.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: ca‧rèn‧te
Adjective
carente (plural carenti)
- (with di to mean “in”) lacking
- 2012, Gilberto Corbellini, Stili alimentari e salute di genere, →ISBN, page 24:
- Ora, in quel contesto socio-economico, all'origine di una dieta carente di ferro c'erano certamente anche delle ragioni di preferenza alimentare.
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Related terms
- carenza
Further reading
- carente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- cerante, creante, crenate, nartece, recante
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈren.te/, [käˈrɛn̪t̪ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈren.te/, [käˈrɛn̪t̪e]
Participle
carente
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of carēns
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin carentem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈɾẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈɾẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈɾẽ.t(ɨ)/
Adjective
carente m or f (plural carentes)
- (with de) destitute; in need (of); devoid (of) (lacking something)
- Essa região está carente de florestas. ― This region is destitute of forests.
- (sometimes euphemistic) destitute; poor (lacking money)
- Eles não dão a mínima para as famílias carentes. ― They don’t care about the poor families.
- Synonym: pobre
- (with estar) in need of emotional connection
- Desde que seus filhos morreram, ela está carente o tempo inteiro. ― Ever since her children died, she is in need of emotional connection all the time.
- (with ser) needy (desiring constant affirmation, lacking in self confidence)
Related terms
- carecer
- carência
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin carēns, from Latin carēre, whence English caret.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈɾente/ [kaˈɾẽn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: ca‧ren‧te
Adjective
carente (plural carentes)
- lacking, devoid
Related terms
- carecer
- carencia
Further reading
- “carente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014