brain

cerebro

Órgano situado dentro de la cabeza que controla el cuerpo y permite pensar.

En inglés sencillo: The organ inside your head that controls your body and allows you to think.

• Your brain needs oxygen.
• The accident damaged his brain.
• Scientists study how animal brains work.

Sinónimos: encephalon, harns

Expresiones frecuentes: human brain, brain damage, brain cells

inteligencia

Capacidad para pensar, comprender y resolver problemas; suele expresarse con el plural «brains».

En inglés sencillo: Your ability to think, understand, and solve problems, often expressed as brains.

• Use your brain before you answer.
• She has the brains to solve this problem.
• Success takes brains as well as hard work.

Sinónimos: intelligence, intellect

Antónimos: stupidity

Expresiones frecuentes: use your brain, brains and beauty, have brains

cerebro, procesador

Parte de una máquina o un ordenador que controla su funcionamiento y realiza cálculos.

En inglés sencillo: The part of a machine or computer that controls its actions and does calculations.

• This chip is the robot’s brain.
• The machine’s brain checks every movement.
• Engineers replaced the computer’s brain with a faster processor.

Sinónimos: processor, control unit

Expresiones frecuentes: computer brain, electronic brain, robot brain