Polyglot Dictionary

cerebro

/seˈɾeβɾo/

el noun B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
los cerebros

Meaning

  1. brain

    • El cerebro controla el cuerpo.

      The brain controls the body.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

seso

seso is a more colloquial or older word for "brain," also used for "sesos" as a food, offal; cerebro is the standard anatomical or modern word.

Similar in other languages

French

cerveau

cerveau is the French word for the same thing — both mean "brain."

Portuguese

cérebro

cérebro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "brain."

Practice

1 What does cerebro mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ controla el cuerpo.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches cerebro?

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