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| Inglés | Español |
baby brain,
also US: mommy brain,
also UK: mummy brain n | humorous, informal (pregnancy or new mother forgetfulness) | despiste del embarazo nm + loc adj |
| brain cell n | (nerve cell in the brain) | neurona nf |
| Dopamine is a chemical that stimulates brain cells. |
| La dopamina es un químico que estimula las neuronas. |
| célula cerebral nf + adj mf |
| La dopamina es un químico que estimula las células cerebrales. |
| brain coral | (type of coral) | coral cerebro loc nom m |
| brain damage n | (injury to the brain) | daño cerebral nm + loc adj |
| The driver suffered severe brain damage in the accident. |
| El conductor sufrió daño cerebral severo en el accidente automovilístico. |
| brain damage n | (impaired mental functioning) | daño cerebral nm + loc adj |
| The patient's brain damage prevents control of bodily movements. |
| El daño cerebral del paciente hace que no tenga control sobre los movimientos corporales. |
brain dead,
brain-dead adj | (patient: brain no longer functions) | con muerte cerebral loc adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| She was assessed to be brain dead following the crash. |
| Tras el impacto la diagnosticaron con muerte cerebral. |
brain dead,
brain-dead adj | figurative, pejorative, slang (person: stupid, unthinking) (figurado, ofensivo) | descerebrado adj |
| tonto/a adj |
| estúpido/a adj |
| Who hasn't heard of Ronald Reagan? Is that girl brain dead? |
| ¿Cómo que no sabe quién es Ronald Reagan? ¿Es descerebrada esa chica? |
| brain death n | (stopping of brain function) | muerte cerebral loc nom f |
| brain drain n | figurative (mass emigration of skilled people) | fuga de cerebros loc nom f |
| éxodo de profesionales nm + loc adj |
| Poland experienced a brain drain when much of its educated population emigrated to the UK. |
| Polonia experimentó una fuga de cerebros cuando la mayoría de su población educada emigró al Reino Unido. |
| brain fart n | informal (lapse in thought) (coloquial) | pedo mental loc nom m |
| despiste nm |
| brain fever | (disease) | fiebre cerebral nf + adj mf |
| brain freeze n | informal (headache caused by ice cream) (dolor: frío en cabeza) | congelación cerebral. grupo nom |
| brain gain | (immigration) | ganancia de cerebros loc nom f |
brain hemorrhage (US),
brain haemorrhage (UK) n | (stroke, bleeding in the brain) | hemorragia cerebral nf + adj mf |
| brain injury n | (damage to cerebral area) | daño cerebral loc nom m |
| Fue un traumatismo severo pero, por suerte, no produjo ningún daño cerebral permanente. |
| brain power n | (intellectual or mental capacity) | capacidad intelectual loc nom f |
| Eating fish is supposed to increase one's brain power. |
| brain scan | (medicine) | escaneo cerebral nm + adj mf |
| brain stem n | (base of the brain) | tallo cerebral loc nom m |
| The brain stem regulates the central nervous system. |
| El tallo cerebral regula el sistema nervioso central. |
| tronco del encéfalo loc nom m |
| El tronco encefálico regula el sistema nervioso central. |
| bulbo raquídeo loc nom m |
| El bulbo raquídeo regula el sistema nervioso central. |
| brain surgery n | (operation on the brain) | cirugía cerebral nf |
| Brain surgery usually means drilling through the skull first. |
| cirugía del cerebro nf |
| (Med) | neurocirugía nf |
| brain surgery n | figurative ([sth] difficult, complex) (fig) | neurocirugía, física cuántica nf |
| Note: Usually used with a negative: It's not brain surgery. |
| Come on! It's not like this is brain surgery! Just diagram the sentence. |
| No te preocupes que es sencillo, no es neurocirugía. |
| (ES) | ser más complicado que el ADN loc verb |
| brain trust n | (government advisors) | consejeros del gobierno nmpl + loc adj |
| grupo de expertos nm + loc adj |
brain tumor (US),
brain tumour (UK) n | (abnormal growth in the brain) | tumor cerebral nm + adj mf |
| brain-damaged adj | (affected by a brain injury) | con daño cerebral loc adj |
brainteaser,
brain-teaser n | (puzzle, riddle) | acertijo nm |
| adivinanza nf |
brainwave,
brain wave n | usually plural (electrical impulse in the brain) | onda cerebral loc nom f |
| Brainwaves carry messages throughout our bodies. |
| Las ondas cerebrales llevan los mensajes por nuestros cuerpos. |
brainwave,
brain wave n | figurative, informal (good idea) | idea genial, idea brillante nf + adj mf |
| Note: Usually singular for this meaning. |
| I had the brainwave of using apricots instead of dates, and the cake was delicious. |
cudgel your brains,
cudgel your brain v expr | figurative, informal (think hard) (coloquial) | estrujarse las meninges loc verb |
| exprimirse el cerebro loc verb |
featherbrain,
featherhead (US),
feather-brain (UK) n | informal, figurative, pejorative (foolish person) (coloquial) | cabeza de chorlito n común |
| have [sth/sb] on the brain v expr | informal (think obsessively about) | tener en la cabeza loc verb |
| no dejar de pensar en loc verb + prep |
| left brain | (anatomy) (cerebro) | hemisferio izquierdo nm + adj |
pick [sb]'s brain,
pick [sb]'s brains v expr | figurative (ask [sb] a question) | hacerle unas preguntas a alguien loc verb + prep |
| consultar a alguien vtr + prep |
| Can I pick your brain for a minute? |
| ¿Puedo hacerte unas preguntas? |
rack your brains,
rack your brain,
wrack your brains,
wrack your brain v expr | (try to remember) (informal, figurado) | devanarse los sesos, exprimirse los sesos, romperse la cabeza expr |
| right brain | (anatomy) | hemisferio derecho nm + adj |
| water on the brain n | (medicine: encephalitis) | hidrocefalia nf |
