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brains
plural noun
1. (anatomy) 
a. los sesos (M) 
When the police arrived, the thugs had blown his brains out.Cuando llegó la policía, los matones le habían volado los sesos.
2. (culinary) 
a. los sesos (M) 
I coated the brains in batter and fried them with onions. They were really nice.Rebocé los sesos y los freí con cebolla. Estaban riquísimos.
3. (intelligence) 
a. la inteligencia (F) 
María has everything, brains, beauty, and money.Maria lo tiene todo, inteligencia, belleza y dinero.
brain
noun
4. (anatomy) 
a. el cerebro (M) 
The brain is the most important organ in the body.El cerebro es el órgano más importante del cuerpo.
5. (intellect) 
a. la cabeza (F) 
He has a privileged brain for mathematics.Tiene una cabeza privilegiada para las matemáticas.
6. (intelligent person) 
a. el cerebro (M) 
Brain drain is one of the government's greatest concerns.La fuga de cerebros es una de las mayores preocupaciones del gobierno.
transitive verb
7. (colloquial) (to hit on the head) 
a. romper la crisma (colloquial) 
She is going to brain you when you get home.Te va a romper la crisma cuando llegues a casa.
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brain
Noun
1. (general) 
a. el cerebro (M) 
brainssesos mpl
2. (colloquial) 
a. no direct translation 
to have brainstener cerebro
3. (colloquial) 
a. no direct translation 
she's the brains of the businessella es el cerebro del negocio
4. (colloquial) 
a. no direct translation 
to have money/sex on the brainestar obsesionado(a) con el dinero/sexo
5. (medicine) 
a. no direct translation 
to suffer brain damagesufrir una lesión cerebral
6. (medicine) 
a. no direct translation 
brain deathmuerte cerebral
the brain drainla fuga de cerebros
brain surgeonneurocirujano(a) m,f
7. (medicine) 
a. no direct translation 
brain tumortumor cerebral
8. (colloquial) 
a. no direct translation 
brain waveidea f genial
transitive verb
9. (colloquial) 
a. descalabrar (hit) 
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brain [breɪn]
noun
1 (Anat) cerebro (m)
he's got politics on the brain tiene la política metida en la cabeza
to have sth on the brain
to get one's brain into gear poner la mente a carburar (informal)
2 brains (Anat) (Cookery) sesos (m)
to beat sb's brains out romper la crisma a algn (informal)
to blow one's brains out volarse or levantarse la tapa de los sesos (informal)
 (intelligence) inteligencia (f); cabeza (f)
he's got brains es muy listo; tiene mucha cabeza; he's the brains of the family es el listo de la familia
pick rack
transitive verb
romper la crisma a (informal)
modifier
brain damage (n) lesión (f) cerebral or medular
brain death (n) muerte (f) clínica or cerebral
brain drain (n) fuga (f) de cerebros
brain scan (n) exploración (f) cerebral mediante escáner
brain scanner (n) escáner (m) cerebral
brains trust brain trust (US) (n) grupo (m) de peritos; (TV) etc jurado (m) de expertos
brain teaser (n) rompecabezas (m)
brain tumour brain tumor (US) (n) tumor (m) cerebral
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