câncer
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin cancer. Doublet of cancro and caranguejo.
NounEdit
câncer m (plural cânceres)
- (Brazil) cancer (disease)
- (figuratively) a very undesirable, prejudicial or in any other way negative thing
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Políticos são um câncer para o nosso país.
- Politicians are a very bad thing for our country.
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SynonymsEdit
- (cancer): cancro (Portugal)