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cancer
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USAGE NOTE
This word must begin with a capital letter in the sense shown in 3).
cancer(
kahn
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suhr
)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (illness)
2. (figurative) (moral ill)
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. el cáncer (M) (figurative)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
This cult is a cancer, and I'm determined to eradicate it.Este culto es un cáncer, y me comprometo a erradicarlo.
a. el cáncer (M), la cáncer (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
My son is a Cancer because he was born on July 4th.Mi hijo es un cáncer porque nació el 4 de julio.
b. el canceriano (M), la canceriana (F) (El Salvador) (River Plate)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Regionalism used in El Salvador
You're both Cancers? That's why you're so moody.¿Son cancerianos? Por eso son tan temperamentales.
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