"cancro" meaning in Portuguese

See cancro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɐ̃.kɾu/ [Brazil], /ˈkɐ̃.kɾu/ [Portugal] Forms: cancros [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{ety|pt|:bor|la:cancer<alt:cancrum>|text=+|tree=1}} 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 [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "cancrum", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*kr̥kros", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "redup.", "keyword_label" : "Reduplication of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "turn", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*(s)ker-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "reduplication" }, { "terms" : [ { "id" : "thematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*karkros", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*kankros", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "cancer", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Portuguese", "term" : "cancro", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "pt" }" data-lang="pt" data-title="cancro"> Borrowed from Latin cancrum., {{doublet|pt|câncer|caranguejo}} Doublet of câncer and caranguejo Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} cancro m (plural cancros)
  1. (Portugal) cancer Tags: Portugal, masculine Synonyms: câncer [Brazil]
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  2. (Portugal, figurative) a very undesirable, prejudicial or in any other way negative thing Tags: Portugal, figuratively, masculine Synonyms: câncer [Brazil]
    Sense id: en-cancro-pt-noun-hujg17r3 Categories (other): European Portuguese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Oncology Disambiguation of Oncology: 0 0

Inflected forms

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