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cancerígeno

Portuguese, adjective/kɐ̃.seˈɾi.ʒe.nu/

cancerígeno is a Portuguese adjective meaning “carcinogenic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does cancerígeno mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    carcinogenic

  2. 2

    very undesirable, prejudicial or in any other way negative

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of cancerígeno

  • cancerígena feminine
  • cancerígenos masculine plural
  • cancerígenas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cancerígeno?

  • Brazil /kɐ̃.seˈɾi.ʒe.nu/
  • Portugal /kɐ̃.sɨˈɾi.ʒɨ.nu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to cancerígeno

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is cancerígeno in Portuguese?

cancerígeno appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).