câncer

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

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin cancer. Doublet of cancro and caranguejo.

NounEdit

câncer m (plural cânceres)

1. (Brazil) cancer (disease)
2. (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.

SynonymsEdit

• (cancer): cancro (Portugal)

Related termsEdit

• cancerígeno