câncer

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancer. Doublet of cancro and caranguejo.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Brazil) /ˈkɐ̃.seʁ/, [ˈkɐ̃.seh]

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

• IPA^(key): (Portugal) /ˈkɐ̃.sɛɾ/, [ˈkɐ̃.sɛɾ]

• Homophone: Câncer
• Hyphenation: cân‧cer

Noun

câncer m (plural cânceres)

1. (Brazil) cancer (disease)

   Synonym: (Portugal) cancro

2. (Brazil, figuratively) 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, 2003–2022.