See also: Cancro

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Compare the doublet granchio (crab), inherited through a Vulgar Latin diminutive form.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkan.kro/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ankro
  • Hyphenation: càn‧cro

Noun edit

cancro m (plural cancri)

  1. (oncology) cancer
    Synonym: tumore

Related terms edit

Latin edit

Noun edit

cancrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of cancer

Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Doublet of câncer and caranguejo.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: can‧cro

Noun edit

cancro m (plural cancros)

  1. (Portugal) cancer
    Synonym: (Brazil) câncer
  2. (Portugal, figurative) a very undesirable, prejudicial or in any other way negative thing
    Synonym: (Brazil) câncer

Spanish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkankɾo/ [ˈkãŋ.kɾo]
  • Rhymes: -ankɾo
  • Syllabification: can‧cro

Noun edit

cancro m (plural cancros)

  1. canker

Further reading edit