câncer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin cancer. Doublet of cancro and caranguejo.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]câncer 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
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “câncer”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
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