câncer
Portuguese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin cancer. Doublet of cancro and caranguejo.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editcâncer 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
editFurther reading
edit- “câncer” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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