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cancro.

cancer

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɐ̃.kɾu/Brazil/ˈkɐ̃.kɾu/Portugal

  1. cancer

    Portugal · masculine

  2. a very undesirable, prejudicial or in any other way negative thing

    Portugal · figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kr̥kros Proto-Italic *karkros Proto-Italic *kankros Latin cancrumbor. Portuguese cancro Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Doublet of câncer and caranguejo.

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