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1 estrujarse el cerebro
(v.) = rack + Posesivo + brainsEx. She racked her brains for a way out but could not find anything successful.* * *(v.) = rack + Posesivo + brainsEx: She racked her brains for a way out but could not find anything successful.
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2 estrujarse el cerebro*
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3 estrujarse los sesos / estrujarse el cerebro
estrujarse los sesos / estrujarse el cerebrofamiliar to rack one's brainsSpanish-English dictionary > estrujarse los sesos / estrujarse el cerebro
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4 estrujarse
1 (apretujarse) to crowd, throng* * *VPR* * *
■estrujarse vr fam estrujarse el cerebro, to rack one's brains
* * *vpr[apretujarse] to huddle together;íbamos todos estrujados en el asiento de atrás we were all squashed together in the back seat;Fam* * *v/r squeeze (en into) -
5 cerebro
m.1 brain.cerebro electrónico electronic brain2 brains (cabecilla).* * *1 ANATOMÍA brain* * *noun m.* * *SM1) (Anat) brain- ser un cerebro2) (=dirigente) brains pl* * *a) (Anat) brainestrujarse el cerebro — (fam) to rack one's brains (colloq)
lavarle el cerebro a alguien — to brainwash somebody
b) ( persona) brainsser un cerebro or cerebrito — (fam) to be brainy o a brain box (colloq)
* * *= brain, kingpin, mastermind.Ex. All the phenomena within this facet, -- heart, liver, lungs, brain, kidneys etc -- share this characteristic in common.Ex. Adam Urbanski is kingpin of a new breed of union leaders who want to be partners, not adversaries, in the school improvement crusade.Ex. Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.----* célula del cerebro = brain cell.* cerebro humano, el = human brain, the.* estrujarse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.* exprimirse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.* fuga de cerebros = brain drain.* hacerle a Alguien un lavado de cerebro = brainwash.* lavarle el cerebro a Alguien = brainwash.* relativo al cerebro = cerebral.* * *a) (Anat) brainestrujarse el cerebro — (fam) to rack one's brains (colloq)
lavarle el cerebro a alguien — to brainwash somebody
b) ( persona) brainsser un cerebro or cerebrito — (fam) to be brainy o a brain box (colloq)
* * *= brain, kingpin, mastermind.Ex: All the phenomena within this facet, -- heart, liver, lungs, brain, kidneys etc -- share this characteristic in common.
Ex: Adam Urbanski is kingpin of a new breed of union leaders who want to be partners, not adversaries, in the school improvement crusade.Ex: Who was the mastermind of the Watergate caper & for what purpose has never been revealed.* célula del cerebro = brain cell.* cerebro humano, el = human brain, the.* estrujarse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.* exprimirse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.* fuga de cerebros = brain drain.* hacerle a Alguien un lavado de cerebro = brainwash.* lavarle el cerebro a Alguien = brainwash.* relativo al cerebro = cerebral.* * *1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] ( Anat) brainlavarle el cerebro a algn to brainwash sbel cerebro de la operación the person who masterminded the operation, the brains behind the operation* * *
cerebro sustantivo masculinoa) (Anat) brain;◊ lavarle el cerebro a algn to brainwash sb
cerebro sustantivo masculino
1 Anat brain
2 figurado (inteligencia) brains pl: es el cerebro de la banda, he's the brains of the gang
' cerebro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estrujarse
- lavado
- lesión
- riego
- comedura de coco
English:
brain
- brainwash
- brainwashing
- cap
- mastermind
- right brain
- brains
* * *cerebro nm1. [órgano] brain;lavar el cerebro a alguien to brainwash sbcerebro electrónico electronic brain2. [cabecilla] brains [singular]cerebro gris éminence grise3. [inteligencia] brains;¡qué poco cerebro tienes! you're so stupid!4. [persona inteligente] brains [singular];es todo un cerebro he's brainy* * ** * *cerebro nm: brain* * *cerebro n1. (órgano) brain2. (persona) brains -
6 estrujar
v.1 to squeeze.Estrujamos la ropa mojada We squeezed the wet clothes.2 to squeeze (persona, mano).me estrujó un pie he squashed my foot¡no me estrujes! don't squash o crush me!3 to bleed dry (sacar partido).4 to extrude.Estrujaron comida para perros They extruded dog food.* * *1 (exprimir) to squeeze2 (apretar - alguien) to crush; (- algo) to screw up3 (ropa) to wring4 figurado (sacar partido) to drain, bleed dry1 (apretujarse) to crowd, throng\estrujarse los sesos / estrujarse el cerebro familiar to rack one's brains* * *verb1) to squeeze2) press* * *1. VT1) (=exprimir) to squeeze2) (=apretar) to press3) (=escurrir) [+ bayeta, trapo] to wring4) (=aprovecharse de) to drain, bleed white2.See:* * *verbo transitivo1)a) ( apretar arrugando) < papel> to crumple up, scrunch up; < tela> to crumple (up)b) ( para escurrir) to wring (out)c) < uvas> to press2) < persona> to squeeze, hold... tightly* * *= squeeze, extrude, wring.Ex. Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.Ex. In theory, at least, information provision has always been seen as an integral part of the library service, but in practice this had tended to become extruded to the point of non-existence by the time it reaches the smaller rural branches and mobile libraries = En teoría, al menos, la difusión de la información siempre se ha visto como una parte integral del servicio bibliotecario, aunque en la práctica se ha tendido a forzarla hasta el punto de su inexistencia cuando llega a las bibliotecas sucursales rurales más pequeñas y a las bibliotecas móviles.Ex. The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.----* estrujarse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.* estrujarse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.* que queda por estrujar = unsqueezed.* * *verbo transitivo1)a) ( apretar arrugando) < papel> to crumple up, scrunch up; < tela> to crumple (up)b) ( para escurrir) to wring (out)c) < uvas> to press2) < persona> to squeeze, hold... tightly* * *= squeeze, extrude, wring.Ex: Squeezed between the upper and nether milestones of increasing demand and dwindling resources, individual librarians develop ways in which to make their jobs easier.
Ex: In theory, at least, information provision has always been seen as an integral part of the library service, but in practice this had tended to become extruded to the point of non-existence by the time it reaches the smaller rural branches and mobile libraries = En teoría, al menos, la difusión de la información siempre se ha visto como una parte integral del servicio bibliotecario, aunque en la práctica se ha tendido a forzarla hasta el punto de su inexistencia cuando llega a las bibliotecas sucursales rurales más pequeñas y a las bibliotecas móviles.Ex: The statue depicted a nymph coming out of the water and wringing her wet hair.* estrujarse el cerebro = rack + Posesivo + brains.* estrujarse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.* que queda por estrujar = unsqueezed.* * *estrujar [A1 ]vtA1 (apretar arrugando) ‹papel› to crumple up, scrunch up, crumple; ‹tela› to crumple, crumple up2 (para escurrir) to wring, wring out3 ‹uvas› to pressB ‹persona› to squeeze, hold … tightlyllevaba al niño estrujado entre sus brazos she carried the child tightly in her armsB( Chi) (reírse mucho) ( fam): me estrujé con los chistes que contó he creased me up with his jokes ( colloq)¡cómo nos estrujamos al verla vestida así! we really fell about o cracked up when we saw her dressed like that ( colloq)* * *
estrujar ( conjugate estrujar) verbo transitivo
1
‹ tela› to crumple (up)
2 ‹ persona› to squeeze, hold … tightly
estrujar verbo transitivo
1 (apretar con fuerza) to crush: estrujó el papel, he crumpled up the paper
2 (exprimir) to squeeze
' estrujar' also found in these entries:
English:
squeeze
* * *♦ vt1. [limón, naranja] to squeeze;[trapo, ropa] to wring (out); [esponja] to squeeze out2. [papel] to screw up;[caja] to crush3. [persona, mano] to squeeze;me estrujó un pie he squashed my foot;¡no me estrujes! don't squash o crush me!4. [aprovecharse de] to bleed dry* * *v/t1 famcrumple up, scrunch up fam2 trapo wring out3 persona squeeze, hold tightly* * *estrujar vtapretar: to press, to squeeze* * *estrujar vb1. (limón) to squeeze2. (papel) to crumple up -
7 seso
m.1 brain (cerebro).2 brains, sense (sensatez).* * *1 brain1 COCINA brains\beber el seso / beberse el seso familiar to lose one's mindcalentarse los sesos / devanarse los sesos familiar to rack one's brainstener sorbido el seso a alguien / tener sorbidos los sesos a alguien familiar to have somebody under one's spell* * *SM1) (Anat) brain2) (=inteligencia) brains pl, intelligence3) pl sesos (Culin) brains* * *a) (Anat, Zool) braindevanarse or estrujarse los sesos — (fam) to rack one's brains (colloq)
haber perdido el seso por alguien — (fam) to be crazy about somebody (colloq)
sorberle el seso a alguien — (fam) to bowl somebody over (colloq)
esa chica le tiene sorbido el seso — he's completely bowled over by that girl
tener poco seso — (fam) to be brainless (colloq)
b) sesos masculino plural (Coc) brains (pl)* * *= brain.Ex. All the phenomena within this facet, -- heart, liver, lungs, brain, kidneys etc -- share this characteristic in common.----* devanarse los sesos = scratch + Posesivo + head, rack + Posesivo + brains.* estrujarse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.* exprimirse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.* * *a) (Anat, Zool) braindevanarse or estrujarse los sesos — (fam) to rack one's brains (colloq)
haber perdido el seso por alguien — (fam) to be crazy about somebody (colloq)
sorberle el seso a alguien — (fam) to bowl somebody over (colloq)
esa chica le tiene sorbido el seso — he's completely bowled over by that girl
tener poco seso — (fam) to be brainless (colloq)
b) sesos masculino plural (Coc) brains (pl)* * *= brain.Ex: All the phenomena within this facet, -- heart, liver, lungs, brain, kidneys etc -- share this characteristic in common.
* devanarse los sesos = scratch + Posesivo + head, rack + Posesivo + brains.* estrujarse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.* exprimirse los sesos = rack + Posesivo + brains.* * *esa chica le tiene sorbido el seso he's completely bowled over by that girltener mucho seso ( fam); to have a good head on one's shouldersha demostrado tener muy poco seso he's shown how brainless he is, he's shown that he doesn't have much up top ( colloq)* * *
seso sustantivo masculinoa) (Anat, Zool) brainb)
seso sustantivo masculino
1 Anat brain
2 (juicio, prudencia) wit, prudence: tiene muy poquito seso, she has very little sense
3 Culin sesos, brains
♦ Locuciones: calentarse o devanarse los sesos, to rack one's brains
sorberle el seso a alguien, to dominate sb
' seso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sorber
English:
claw
- grey matter
* * *seso nm1. [cerebro] brain;le volaron de un tiro la tapa de los sesos with one shot they blew his brains out2. [sensatez] brains, sense3.sesos [para comer] brains4. CompFam Famperder el seso: ha perdido el seso por ella he's madly in love with her;Fam Famtiene poco seso he's not very bright* * *m1 ANAT brain; figbrains pl, sense;sorber el seso a alguien, tener sorbido el seso a alguien have s.o. under one’s spell2 GASTR:sesos pl brains* * *seso nm1) : brains, intelligence2) sesos nmpl: brains (as food)* * *seso n brain / brains
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