In a Hilbert space \(\textrm{L}^{2}_{\alpha }(\mathbb {R}^{+})\) , with \(\alpha \ge -\frac{1}{2}\) , we study the translation operator associated with the linear canonical Fourier-Bessel transform. Based on this operator, we introduce the notion of a generalized modulus of smoothness in the space \(\textrm{L}^{2}_{\alpha }(\mathbb {R}^{+})\) . The main result of this paper is the establishment of a new estimate theorem for the K-functional, yielding improved bounds in this framework. Furthermore, we prove analogues of Jackson’s and Bernstein’s inequalities adapted to the setting of the linear canonical Fourier-Bessel transform.