cancro

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Compare the doublet granchio (“crab”), inherited through a Vulgar Latin diminutive form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkan.kro/ Rhymes: -ankro Hyphenation: càn‧cro === Noun === cancro m (plural cancri) (oncology) cancer Synonym: tumore (figurative) cancer ==== Related terms ==== == Latin == === Noun === cancrō dative/ablative singular of cancer == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Doublet of câncer and caranguejo. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: can‧cro === Noun === cancro m (plural cancros) (Portugal) cancer Synonym: (Brazil) câncer (Portugal, figurative) a very undesirable, prejudicial or in any other way negative thing Synonym: (Brazil) câncer ==== Descendants ==== → Tetum: kankru === Further reading === “cancro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “cancro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkankɾo/ [ˈkãŋ.kɾo] Rhymes: -ankɾo Syllabification: can‧cro === Noun === cancro m (plural cancros) canker === Further reading === “cancro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025