câncer

See also: cancer, Cancer, cáncer, Cáncer, càncer, cancèr, and Câncer

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancer. Doublet of cancro and caranguejo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.seʁ/ [ˈkɐ̃.seh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.seɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.seʁ/ [ˈkɐ̃.seχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.seɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sɛɾ/

Homophone: Câncer
Hyphenation: cân‧cer

Noun

câncer m (plural cânceres)

(Brazil) cancer (disease)
Synonym: (Portugal) cancro
(Brazil, figurative) a very undesirable, prejudicial or in any other way negative thing
Synonym: (Portugal) cancro

Políticos são um câncer para o nosso país.
Politicians are a very bad thing for our country.

Related terms

cancerígeno

Further reading

“câncer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

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