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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1.brain /breɪn/
- n.
- (organ) cervello m.;
to blow one’s ~s out colloq. farsi saltare le cervella
- gastr. cervella f.pl.;
calves’ ~s cervella di vitello
- (mind) to have a good ~ avere cervello;
to have football on the ~ colloq. pensare solo al calcio
- (organ) cervello m.;
- brains n.pl. (intelligence) cervello m.sing., intelligenza f.sing.;
to have ~s avere cervello;
he’s the ~s of the family è il cervello(ne) della famiglia;
to use one’s ~s usare il cervello;
the ~s behind the operation il cervello o la mente dell’operazione
- modif. [cell, tissue, haemorrhage] cerebrale;
[tumour] al cervello, cerebrale
locuzioni idiomatiche to beat o to rack one’s ~s lambiccarsi il cervello, scervellarsi;
to pick sb.’s ~s consultare qcn.;
I need to pick your ~s ho bisogno della tua consulenza.
2. brain /breɪn/ tr. colloq. (knock out) spaccare la testa a.to pick sb.’s ~s consultare qcn.;
I need to pick your ~s ho bisogno della tua consulenza.
'brain' trovato anche in queste voci:
Inglese:
addle
- addled
- bird-brain
- brain damage
- brain dead
- brain death
- brain drain
- brain scan
- brain scanner
- brains trust
- brain surgeon
- brain surgery
- brain teaser
- clot
- damage
- disordered
- fuddled
- grey matter
- mind
- skull
Italiano:
braccio
- cerebrale
- cerebroleso
- cervello
- cervellone
- fuga
- lume
- morte
- scervellarsi
- scervellato
- spremere
- testa
- trust
- turbinare
brain: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali | |||
| brain | n | (organ in head) organo, anatomia | cervello nm |
| Nota: Sometimes spelled cervella. | |||
| Her brain was damaged in the accident. | |||
| L'incidente gli ha provocato danni al cervello. | |||
| Additional Translations | |||
| brain | n | (mind) intelligenza | cervello nm |
| Use your brain to find a solution! | |||
| Per trovare una soluzione usa la testa! | |||
| brain | n | informal (a very intelligent person) informale : persona molto intelligente | mente nf |
| informale: persona molto intelligente | cervellone nm | ||
| cervello nm | |||
| My friend Edwin is a real brain. | |||
| Luca è davvero una mente notevole | |||
| Einstein era un cervellone. | |||
| * A causa delle cattive condizioni contrattuali in Italia c'è una fuga di cervelli. | |||
| brain, brains | npl | colloquial (intelligence) colloquiale : intelligenza | cervello nm |
| He doesn't have a lot of brains. | |||
| Non ha molto cervello | |||
| brain, brains | npl | figurative (computers) figurativo: computer | cervello nm |
| figurativo: guida | mente nf | ||
| The brains of the computer are in the CPU. | |||
| Il cervello del computer è il processore. | |||
| La mente della squadra è il numero 10. | |||
| brain | vtr | slang (to hit in the head) | colpire in testa vtr |
| My poor friend was brained by a golf ball as he watched the tournament. | |||
| Il mio povero amico è stato colpito in testa da una pallina di golf mentre stava guardando il torneo. | |||
| Segnala un errore | |||
brain: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Forme composte | |||
| brain cell | n | (nerve cell in the brain) | cellula cerebrale nf |
| brain child, brain-child | n | (idea, invention) | invenzione, trovata, pensata nf |
| The Apple computer was the brain-child of Steve Jobs. | |||
| Le persone intelligenti hanno sempre delle gran trovate. | |||
| brain damage | n | (injury to the brain) | danno cerebrale nm |
| brain damage | n | (impaired mental functioning) | ridotta funzionalità cerebrale nf |
| brain dead | adj | literal (whose brain no longer functions) | cerebralmente morto agg |
| brain dead | adj | figurative, slang (stupid, unthinking) | da deficiente agg |
| brain death | morte cerebrale | ||
| brain disease | disturbo cerebrale | ||
| brain drain | n | (mass emigration of skilled people) | fuga di cervelli nf |
| Poland experienced a brain drain when much of its educated population emigrated to the UK. | |||
| L'Italia è tristemente famosa per le fughe di cervelli all'estero. | |||
| brain fever | meningite | ||
| brain freeze | n | informal (headache caused by ice cream) | emicrania da gelato nf |
| brain injury | n | (damage to cerebral area) | lesione cerebrale nf |
| brain power | n | (intellectual or mental capacity) | capacità mentale, capacità intellettiva nf |
| Eating fish is supposed to increase one's brain power. | |||
| I geni hanno delle capacità mentali sopra la media. | |||
| brain stem | n | (base of the brain) | tronco cerebrale nm |
| The brain stem regulates the central nervous system. | |||
| brain storm | tecnica del brainstorming | ||
| brain surgery | n | (surgical operation on the brain) | operazione al cervello nf |
| Brain surgery usually means drilling through the skull first. | |||
| Questo paziente ha subito un'operazione al cervello. | |||
| brain surgery | n | figurative (something very difficult or complex) | chirurgia cerebrale nf |
| Come on! It's not like this is brain surgery! Just diagram the sentence. | |||
| brain teaser | rompicapo nm | ||
| brain trust | concentrazione di cervelli | ||
| brain trust | gruppo di esperti | ||
| brain trust | équipe di esperti | ||
| brain tumor | US | tumore al cervello | |
| brain wash | lavaggio del cervello | lavare il cervello | |
| brain-child | da invenzione adj | ||
| brain-damaged | con danni cerebrali adv | ||
| brain-injured | ferito al cervello adj | ||
| brain-teaser | da rompicapo adj | ||
| little brain | cervelletto nm | ||
| mid-brain | n | (anatomy: cerebral area) | mesencefalo nm |
| on the brain | (avere) un chiodo fisso in testa | ||
| rack your brain | scervellarsi⇒ vrif | ||
| Segnala un errore | |||
Forum discussions with the word(s) 'brain' in the title:
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after having brain surgery
An idea quivered on the tip of my brain.
An investigative piece is made as fruit for the brain...
Bird neck and bird brain, should get on like a house on fire
brain candy
Brain Fart
Brain food
Brain freeze
Brain stem death
brain stem nuclei projections
brain teaser
brain wiring
brain-dead politics
brain-signal patterns
Can you beef up your brain?
chemicals in the brain
coffee heart and brain fag
Cross-wiring in the brain
exposure of the brain
flickering brain
Frustrated coils (brain context)
Gender gaps on the brain
he engages his mouth before engaging his brain
his brain elbowed him in the ribs
I really need to give my brain a rest
If you had half a brain, you'd be dangerous
impaired brain function
It wouldn't gel my addled brain
Keep holding on when my brain's ticking like a bomb
Left brain, Left brained, Right brain, Right brained
continua...
An idea quivered on the tip of my brain.
An investigative piece is made as fruit for the brain...
Bird neck and bird brain, should get on like a house on fire
brain candy
Brain Fart
Brain food
Brain freeze
Brain stem death
brain stem nuclei projections
brain teaser
brain wiring
brain-dead politics
brain-signal patterns
Can you beef up your brain?
chemicals in the brain
coffee heart and brain fag
Cross-wiring in the brain
exposure of the brain
flickering brain
Frustrated coils (brain context)
Gender gaps on the brain
he engages his mouth before engaging his brain
his brain elbowed him in the ribs
I really need to give my brain a rest
If you had half a brain, you'd be dangerous
impaired brain function
It wouldn't gel my addled brain
Keep holding on when my brain's ticking like a bomb
Left brain, Left brained, Right brain, Right brained
continua...
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