câncer

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancer. Doublet of cancro and caranguejo.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.sɛɾ/

• Homophone: Câncer
• Hyphenation: cân‧cer

Noun

câncer m (plural cânceres)

1. (Brazil) cancer (disease)

   Synonym: (Portugal) cancro

2. (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.

3. (entomology) (Diabrotica speciosa) cucurbit beetle

   Synonyms: alfinete, aresta, bicha-amarela, bicha-do-milho, bicho-galo, travela

Related terms

• cancerígeno

Further reading

• “câncer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024