câncer
Portuguese, noun/ˈkɐ̃.seʁ/
câncer is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cancer (disease)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença caracterizada por rápida multiplicação celular irrefreada de uma célula que teve seu ADN danosamente…”.
What does câncer mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinecancer (disease)
- 2
Brazilmasculinea very undesirable, prejudicial or in any other way negative thing
Políticos são um câncer para o nosso país.
- 3
masculinecucurbit beetle
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença caracterizada por rápida multiplicação celular irrefreada de uma célula que teve seu ADN danosamente modificado
noun: 1. quarto signo astrológico do Zodíaco, aproximadamente correspondente à época de 21 de junho a 22 de julho 2. constelação do zodíaco
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of câncer
- cânceres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce câncer?
- Brazil /ˈkɐ̃.seʁ/
- Brazil [ˈkɐ̃.seh]
- /ˈkɐ̃.seɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to câncer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is câncer in Portuguese?
câncer appears 60 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).