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Italian: cancerino

English translation: my little Cancerian



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Italian term or phrase:cancerino
English translation:my little Cancerian
Entered by:RosFlinn
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General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / colloquial e-mail
Italian term or phrase: cancerino
an e-mail begins 'ciao cancerino'
RosFlinn
of the zodiac sign of cancer
Explanation:
cancer (in italian cancro) : diminutive cancerino

this is all I can guess from the context; the use of the diminutive displays a tender way to address to the addressee of the e-mail
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Francesca Callegari
Italy
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks all - it fits because Italians are much more into the signs of the Zodiac than Brits! The word 'Cancerian does exist and is often used in discussions about such matters.
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4 +5of the zodiac sign of cancer
Francesca Callegari


  

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of the zodiac sign of cancer

Explanation:
cancer (in italian cancro) : diminutive cancerino

this is all I can guess from the context; the use of the diminutive displays a tender way to address to the addressee of the e-mail

Francesca Callegari
Italy
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Note from asker to answerer
Thanks all - it fits because Italians are much more into the signs of the Zodiac than Brits! The word 'Cancerian does exist and is often used in discussions about such matters.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree galway: ok, you can say 'my dear Cancerian friend'
2 mins
  -> that's it, thanks

agree Mario Calvagna: of course "little cancer" or something to that extent. never heard a correspondant in english tho
4 mins
  -> thank you mario

agree Alfredo Tutino: you might go with "moon child", perhaps. I seem to remember that some american astrologer try to avoid reference to the big C by changing the name of the sign in "Moon Children". PC, or rather CC (commercial correctness)...
8 mins
  -> thanks alfredo

agree Gian
1 hr

agree Ilaria Feltre
16 hrs
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