cáncer
Spanish, noun/ˈkanθeɾ/
cáncer is spelled C-Á-N-C-E-R (6 letters) and appears 47 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,851st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cáncer is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cancer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Enfermedad en la que las células de varios tejidos del cuerpo inician una proliferación descontrolada y con…”.
What does cáncer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecancer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Enfermedad en la que las células de varios tejidos del cuerpo inician una proliferación descontrolada y con frecuencia veloz. 2. Tumor maligno.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cáncer
- cánceres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cáncer?
- /ˈkanθeɾ/
- [ˈkãn̟.θeɾ]
- /ˈkanseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cáncer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cáncer in Spanish?
cáncer appears 47 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).