Spanish Verb CARECER - to lack. Irregular ER family

Spanish Verb CARECER: to lack

The Spanish verb carecer means 'to lack' and is an irregular Spanish ER verb.

To remember this, imagine being sad when you lack a CARESS 'ERE!

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to lack: carecer
Imagine being sad when you lack a CARESS 'ERE!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE CARECER - to lack
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb carecer
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente lack	carezco	careces	carece	carecemos	carecéis	carecen
Imperfect Imperfecto lacked	carecía	carecías	carecía	carecíamos	carecíais	carecían
Preterit Pretérito lacked	carecí	careciste	careció	carecimos	carecisteis	carecieron
Future Futuro will lack	careceré	carecerás	carecerá	careceremos	careceréis	carecerán
Conditional Condicional would lack	carecería	carecerías	carecería	careceríamos	careceríais	carecerían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may lack	carezca	careczas	carezca	carezcamos	carezcáis	carezcan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo might lack	careciera	carecieras	careciera	careciéramos	careciereis	carecieran
	careciese	carecieses	careciese	careciésemos	carecieseis	careciesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb carecer - to lack
Imperative Imperativo lack!		¡carece!	¡carezca!	¡carezcamos!	¡careced!	¡carezcan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't lack!		¡no carezcas!	¡no carezca!	¡no carezcamos!	¡no carezcáis!	¡no carezcan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb CARECER Past Participle: carecido - lacked
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have lacked	he carecido	has carecido	ha carecido	hemos carecido	habéis carecido	han carecido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had lacked	hube carecido	hubiste carecido	hubo carecido	hubimos carecido	hubisteis carecido	hubieron carecido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had lacked	había carecido	habías carecido	había carecido	habíamos carecido	habíais carecido	habían carecido
Present Perfect Subj Presente perfecto subj may've lacked	haya carecido	hayas carecido	haya carecido	hayamos carecido	hayáis carecido	hayan carecido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have lacked	habré carecido	habrás carecido	habrá carecido	habremos carecido	habréis carecido	habrán carecido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would've lacked	habría carecido	habrías carecido	habría carecido	habríamos carecido	habríais carecido	habrían carecido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperfecto de sbj might have lacked	hubiera carecido	hubieras carecido	hubiera carecido	hubiéramos carecido	hubierais carecido	hubieran carecido
	hubiese carecido	hubieses carecido	hubiese carecido	hubiésemos carecido	hubieseis carecido	hubiesen carecido
Progressive Tenses CARECER Present Participle: careciendo - lacking
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am lacking	estoy careciendo	estás careciendo	está careciendo	estamos careciendo	está careciendo	están careciendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was lacking	estuve careciendo	estuviste careciendo	estuvo careciendo	estuvimos careciendo	estuvisteis careciendo	estuvieron careciendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been ...ing	estaba careciendo	estabas careciendo	estaba careciendo	estábamos careciendo	estabais careciendo	estaban careciendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be lacking	estaré careciendo	estarás careciendo	estará careciendo	estaremos careciendo	estaréis careciendo	estarán careciendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto pr would've been ~ing	estaría careciendo	estarías careciendo	estabría careciendo	estaríamos careciendo	estaríais careciendo	estarían careciendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may have been ~ing	que ~ careciendo	que ~ careciendo	que ~ careciendo	que ~ careciendo	que ~ careciendo	que ~ careciendo

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USING the SPANISH VERB carecer

carecer de algo: to lack something, to be without something.
carecer de valor: to lack value, worth.
carecer de sentido del humor: to lack a sense of humour.
carecer de la dirección: to lack direction.

la carencia (nf): lack, shortage.
carente (adj): lacking.

una historia carente de todo interés: a story lakcing/devoid of any interest.
Sus palabras carecen de todo sentido: His words make no sense.
una carencia de vitamina A: a lack of vitamin A / a vitamin A deficiency.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular ER verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos carecés
Imperativo: ¡carecé!

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