carente

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin carentem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈrɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: ca‧rèn‧te

Adjective

carente (plural carenti)

  1. (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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Further reading

  • carente in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Pronunciation

Participle

carente

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of carēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carentem.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

carente m or f (plural carentes)

  1. (with de) destitute; in need (of); devoid (of) (lacking something)
    Essa região está carente de florestas. ― This region is destitute of forests.
  2. (sometimes euphemistic) destitute; poor (lacking money)
    Synonym: pobre
    Eles não dão a mínima para as famílias carentes. ― They don’t care about the poor families.
  3. (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.
  4. (with ser) needy (desiring constant affirmation, lacking in self confidence)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carentem, from Latin carēre, whence English caret.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈɾente/
  • Rhymes: -ente
  • Syllabification: ca‧ren‧te

Adjective

carente m or f (masculine and feminine plural carentes)

  1. lacking, devoid
    Synonym: desprovisto

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