Masculine

cancro

Meaning

  1. (Portugal, masculine) cancer
  2. (Portugal, figuratively, masculine) a very undesirable, prejudicial or in any other way negative thing

Concepts

plant tumors

plant tumours

malignant neoplastic disease

Synonyms

tumor maligno

tumor das plantas

tumor vegetal

Câncro

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɐ̃.kɾu/
Etymology

In summary

Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Doublet of câncer and caranguejo.

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