| Traduções principais |
| brain n | (organ in head) | cérebro sm |
| | She suffered severe damage to her brain in the accident. |
| | O cérebro dela foi muito danificado no acidente. |
| brain n | (mind) | cérebro sm |
| | Use your brain to find a solution! |
| | Use seu cérebro para encontrar uma solução! |
| brains npl | informal, figurative (intelligence) (informal, figurado) | miolo sm |
| | (figurado) | cérebro sm |
| | | inteligência sf |
| | He doesn't have a lot of brains. |
| | Ele não tem muito miolo. |
| | Ele não tem muito cérebro. |
| | Ele não tem muita inteligência. |
| brains npl | figurative (computing: central processing unit) | inteligência sf |
| | (figurado) | cérebro sm |
| | The brains of the computer are in the CPU. |
| | A inteligência do computador está na CPU. |
| Traduções complementares |
| brain n | informal, figurative (intelligent person) (figurado, inteligente) | crânio sm |
| | My friend Edwin is a real brain. |
| | Meu amigo Edwin é um crânio. |
| the brains of [sth] n | figurative, informal (person who masterminds [sth]) (figurado) | cérebro sm |
| | I'm the brains of the operation; my brother supplies the brawn. |
| | Eu sou o cérebro da operação. Meu irmão fornece os músculos. |
| brain [sb]⇒ vtr | slang (hit in the head) | ser acertado na cabeça expres v |
| | My poor friend was brained by a golf ball as he watched the tournament. |
| | Meu pobre amigo foi acertado na cabeça por uma bola de jogo quando assistia ao torneio. |
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baby brain,
also US: mommy brain,
also UK: mummy brain n | humorous, informal (pregnancy or new mother forgetfulness) (gravidez) | esquecimento sm |
| brain cell n | (nerve cell in the brain) | célula cerebral loc sm |
| | Dopamine is a chemical that stimulates brain cells. |
| brain damage n | (injury to the brain) | lesão cerebral sf |
| | The driver suffered severe brain damage in the accident. |
| brain damage n | (impaired mental functioning) | lesão cerebral sf |
| | The patient's brain damage prevents control of bodily movements. |
brain dead,
brain-dead adj | (patient: brain no longer functions) | morte cerebral sf |
| Nota: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| | She was assessed to be brain dead following the crash. |
brain dead,
brain-dead adj | figurative, pejorative, slang (person: stupid, unthinking) (figurado, pejorativo) | sem cérebro loc adj |
| | Who hasn't heard of Ronald Reagan? Is that girl brain dead? |
| brain drain n | figurative (mass emigration of skilled people) | fuga de cérebros sf + prep + sm pl |
| | Poland experienced a brain drain when much of its educated population emigrated to the UK. |
| | A Polônia enfrentou uma fuga de cérebros quando muito de sua população educada imigrou para o Reino Unido. |
| brain fart n | informal (lapse in thought) (gíria: lapso de pensamento) | viagem na maionese expres |
| brain freeze n | informal (headache caused by ice cream) (por tomar sorvete) | cérebro congelado sm + adj |
brain hemorrhage (US),
brain haemorrhage (UK) n | (stroke, bleeding in the brain) | hemorragia cerebral loc sf |
| brain injury n | (damage to cerebral area) | lesão cerebral sf |
| brain power n | (intellectual or mental capacity) | capacidade intelectual loc sf |
| | Eating fish is supposed to increase one's brain power. |
| brain scan | (medicine) | neuroimagem sf |
| brain stem n | (base of the brain) | tronco cerebral sm |
| | | tronco encefálico sm |
| | The brain stem regulates the central nervous system. |
| brain surgery n | (operation on the brain) | cirurgia cerebral loc sf |
| | Brain surgery usually means drilling through the skull first. |
| brain surgery n | figurative ([sth] difficult, complex) | cirurgia cerebral loc sf |
| Nota: Usually used with a negative: It's not brain surgery. |
| | Come on! It's not like this is brain surgery! Just diagram the sentence. |
| brain-damaged adj | (affected by a brain injury) | com dano cerebral expres |
brainteaser,
brain-teaser n | (puzzle, riddle) | quebra-cabeça sm |
brainwave,
brain wave n | usually plural (electrical impulse in the brain) | onda cerebral sf + adj |
| | Brainwaves carry messages throughout our bodies. |
brainwave,
brain wave n | figurative, informal (good idea) | ideia luminosa loc sf |
| | | inspiração sf |
| Nota: Usually singular for this meaning. |
| | I had the brainwave of using apricots instead of dates, and the cake was delicious. |
featherbrain,
featherhead (US),
feather-brain (UK) n | informal, figurative, pejorative (foolish person) (informal, figurado, pejorativo) | cabeça de minhoca expres |
pick [sb]'s brain,
pick [sb]'s brains v expr | figurative (ask [sb] a question) | consultar vt |
| | Can I pick your brain for a minute? |
rack your brains,
rack your brain,
wrack your brains,
wrack your brain v expr | (try to remember) (tentar lembrar) | quebrar a cabeça expres v |