cancerbero
Spanish, noun/kanθeɾˈbeɾo/
cancerbero is spelled C-A-N-C-E-R-B-E-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 87,581st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cancerbero is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “goalkeeper, (UK) keeper, (US) goalie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “La jugadora, o el jugador, que guarda la portería de un equipo”.
What does cancerbero mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegoalkeeper, (UK) keeper, (US) goalie
- 2
masculinesomeone who guards a door; doorkeeper
- 3
masculinehellhound
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. La jugadora, o el jugador, que guarda la portería de un equipo. 2. En general, cualquier guardiana, o guardián, de algo que se custodia con celo.
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 cancerbero
- cancerberos plural
- cancerbera feminine
- cancerberas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cancerbero?
- /kanθeɾˈbeɾo/
- [kãn̟.θeɾˈβ̞e.ɾo]
- /kanseɾˈbeɾo/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cancerbero
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cancerbero in Spanish?
cancerbero appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).