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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Compare the doublet granchio (“crab”), inherited through a Vulgar Latin diminutive form.
Pronunciation
Noun
cancro m (plural cancri)
- (oncology) cancer
- Synonym: tumore
- (figurative) cancer
Latin
Noun
cancrō
- dative/ablative singular of cancer
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Doublet of câncer and caranguejo.
Pronunciation
Noun
cancro m (plural cancros)
- (Portugal) cancer
- Synonym: (Brazil) câncer
- (Portugal, figurative) a very undesirable, prejudicial or in any other way negative thing
- Synonym: (Brazil) câncer
Descendants
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
cancro m (plural cancros)
- canker
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