He was one of the sons of Eugenio Carré Aldao. He graduated in the Business School and when he was hardly eighteen he translated the study on Hugo Albert Rennert, titled Macías o Namorado. This work was published in the newspaper La Idea Moderna and in a book after his death.
José Carré made notes in Diccionario Gallego-Castellano by Marcial Valladares with words and synonyms he collected.