cerebro

See also: cérebro and cerebro-

Galician

Etymology

Early borrowing from Latin cerebrum.

Noun

cerebro m (plural cerebros)

1. (anatomy) cerebrum

Related terms

• cerebelo

Ido

Noun

cerebro (plural cerebri)

1. (anatomy) brain

Interlingua

Noun

cerebro (plural cerebros)

1. (anatomy) brain

Italian

Etymology

Probably an early borrowing from Latin cerebrum (“brain, skull”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”). Cf. the related cervello, which was inherited from a diminutive of the Latin word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɛ.re.bro/, (poetic) /t͡ʃeˈrɛ.bro/
• Rhymes: -ɛrebro, (poetic) -ɛbro
• Hyphenation: cè‧re‧bro, (poetic) ce‧rè‧bro

Noun

cerebro m (plural cerebri)

1. (archaic, poetic) brain

   Synonym: cervello

2. (entomology) the brain of an insect

Related terms

• cerebrale
• cervello

Further reading

• cerebro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Cerbero, bercerò, cerbero

Latin

Noun

cerebrō

1. dative/ablative singular of cerebrum

Spanish

Alternative forms

• celebro (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish cerebro, an early borrowing from Latin cerebrum (“brain, skull”) (although influenced by the popular or Vulgar Latin pronunciation, with stress on the second syllable, in contrast to Portuguese cérebro; the variant celebro was the result of dissimilation), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂s- (“head”). In Old Spanish meollos was also used to refer to the brain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈɾebɾo/ [θeˈɾe.β̞ɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seˈɾebɾo/ [seˈɾe.β̞ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ebɾo
• Syllabification: ce‧re‧bro

Noun

cerebro m (plural cerebros)

1. (anatomy) brain
2. nerd

Derived terms

• cerebro de mosquito
• cerebro periférico
• coral cerebro
• fuga de cerebros
• lavado de cerebro
• tener cerebro

 

Related terms

• cerebelo
• cerebral

 

Further reading

• “cerebro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014