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brain meaning in Portuguese

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brain [brains] (brains: intellect)
noun
[UK: breɪn]
[US: ˈbreɪn]

intelectonoun

brain [brains] (intelligent person)
noun
[UK: breɪn]
[US: ˈbreɪn]

crânionoun
{m}

brain [brains] (organ)
noun
[UK: breɪn]
[US: ˈbreɪn]

cérebronoun
{m}

brain [brains] (person providing intelligence)
noun
[UK: breɪn]
[US: ˈbreɪn]

cabeçanoun
{m} {f}

brain coral (any of several species of coral in the shape of a brain)
noun

coral-cérebronoun
{m}

brain-dead (colloquially: having no useful thoughts)
adjective

descerebradoadjective

brain-dead (in medicine: having irreversible cessation of brain activity)
adjective

cerebralmente mortoadjective

com morte cerebraladjective

brain death [brain deaths] (irreversible cessation of brain activity)
noun
[UK: breɪn deθ]
[US: ˈbreɪn ˈdeθ]

morte cerebralnoun
{f}

brain drain [brain drains] (emigration of educated people)
noun
[UK: breɪn dreɪn]
[US: ˈbreɪn ˈdreɪn]

fuga de cérebrosnoun
{f}

brain stem [brain stems] (part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum)
noun
[UK: breɪn stem]
[US: ˈbreɪn ˈstem]

tronco cerebralnoun
{m}

brain-teaser (a complex riddle or puzzle)
noun
[UK: ˈbreɪn tiː.zə(r)]
[US: ˈbreɪn tiː.zər]

quebra-cabeçasnoun
{m}

brain tumor [brain tumors] (an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division)
noun
[UK: breɪn ˈtuː.mə(r)]
[US: ˈbreɪn ˈtuː.mər]

tumor cerebralnoun

brain-washing (form of indoctrination)
noun
[UK: breɪn ˈwɒʃ.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈbreɪn ˈwɑːʃ.ɪŋ]

lavagem cerebralnoun
{f}

brainchild (creation)
noun
[UK: ˈbreɪn.tʃaɪld]
[US: ˈbreɪn.ˌtʃaɪld]

criaçãonoun

brainless (unintelligent; having little or no common sense)
adjective
[UK: ˈbreɪn.ləs]
[US: ˈbreɪn.ləs]

descerebradoadjective

brainstorming (method of problem solving)
noun
[UK: ˈbreɪn.stɔːm.ɪŋ]
[US: ˈbreɪn.ˌstɔːrm.ɪŋ]

brainstormnoun
{m}

brainstormingnoun
{m} {f}

tempestade cerebralnoun
{f}

tempestade de ideiasnoun
{f}

brainwash [brainwashed, brainwashing, brainwashes] (to affect one's mind)
verb
[UK: ˈbreɪn.wɒʃ]
[US: ˈbreɪˌn.wɑːʃ]

fazer lavagem cerebral emverb

blood-brain barrier [blood-brain barriers] (structure in the central nervous system)
noun

barreira hematoencefálicanoun
{f}

forebrain [forebrains] (part of the brain)
noun
[UK: ˈfɔː.breɪn]
[US: ˈfɔːr.ˌbren]

prosencéfalonoun
{m}

hindbrain [hindbrains] noun
[UK: ˈhaɪnd.breɪn]
[US: ˈhaɪnd.breɪn]

rombencéfalonoun

midbrain [midbrains] (part of brain)
noun
[UK: mˈɪdbreɪn]
[US: mˈɪdbreɪn]

mesencéfalonoun

rack one's brain (struggle to think of something)
verb
[UK: ræk wʌnz breɪn]
[US: ˈræk wʌnz ˈbreɪn]

quebrar a cabeçaverb

scatterbrain (flighty, disorganized or forgetful person)
noun
[UK: ˈskæ.tə.breɪn]
[US: ˈskæ.tə.breɪn]

distraídonoun

shit-for-brains (Very stupid)
adjective

sem cérebroadjective

smell-brain (part of brain involved with smelling)
noun
[UK: smel breɪn]
[US: ˈsmel ˈbreɪn]

rinencéfalonoun
{m}