cancro

See also: Cancro

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cancrum. Compare the doublet granchio (“crab”), inherited through a Vulgar Latin diminutive form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkan.kro/

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• Rhymes: -ankro
• Hyphenation: càn‧cro

Noun

cancro m (plural cancri)

1. (oncology) cancer

   Synonym: tumore

2. (figurative) cancer

Related terms

• cancerizzarsi
• cancerogeno
• cancerologia
• cancerologo
• canceroso
• granchio

Latin

Noun

cancrō

1. dative/ablative singular of cancer

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *kr̥kros

Proto-Italic *karkros

Proto-Italic *kankros

Latin cancrumlbor.

Portuguese cancro

Learned borrowing from Latin cancrum. Doublet of câncer and caranguejo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.kɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ̃.kɾu/

• Hyphenation: can‧cro

Noun

cancro m (plural cancros)

1. (Portugal) cancer

   Synonym: (Brazil) câncer

2. (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)

1. canker

Further reading

• “cancro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026