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
- Políticos são um câncer para o nosso país.
- Politicians are a very bad thing for our country.
- Synonym: (Portugal) cancro
Related terms
- cancerígeno
Further reading
- “câncer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.