cancerígeno

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃.seˈɾi.ʒe.nu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kɐ̃.seˈɾi.ʒe.no/

  • Hyphenation: can‧ce‧rí‧ge‧no

Adjective

cancerígeno (feminine cancerígena, masculine plural cancerígenos, feminine plural cancerígenas)

  1. carcinogenic
  2. (figurative) very undesirable, prejudicial or in any other way negative

Spanish

Etymology

From cáncer +‎ -geno.

Adjective

cancerígeno (feminine cancerígena, masculine plural cancerígenos, feminine plural cancerígenas)

  1. carcinogenic

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