alimento para el cerebro
/alimento paɾa el θeɾebɾo/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'brain food' can be translated into Spanish as alimento para el cerebro.
The phrase refers to food believed to improve brain function or boost mental performance.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of alimento (food), para (for) and el cerebro (the brain).
Which one should you use?
You can also use comida para el cerebro, substituting comida for alimento to mean 'food'.
Is it said differently in some regions?
In some parts of Mexico, alimentos para el cerebro may be replaced with alimentos para la mente.
How does it change in a sentence?
To refer to multiple types of brain food, use the plural form alimentos para el cerebro.
How do you pronounce it?
/alimento paɾa el θeɾebɾo/
Did you know?
- In Old Spanish, the word meollos was used to refer to the brain before cerebro became the standard term.
Examples in context
- Para mantener una mente ágil y sana, es importante consumir alimentos para el cerebro como nueces, pescado y vegetales de hojas verdes.To maintain an agile and healthy mind, it is important to consume brain foods such as walnuts, fish and leafy green vegetables.
- La dieta mediterránea se compone de muchos alimentos que estimulan la actividad cerebral, como el aceite de oliva, los frutos secos y los pescados grasos.The Mediterranean diet is composed of many foods that stimulate brain activity, such as olive oil, nuts and fatty fish.
- Si necesito concentrarme en algo importante, suelo comer comida que agudiza la mente, como arándanos y chocolate negro.If I need to concentrate on something important, I usually eat food that sharpens the mind, such as blueberries and dark chocolate.
- El aguacate es un buen alimento para el cerebro.Avocado is a good brain food.
- Las nueces son el alimento para el cerebro ideal.Walnuts are the ideal brain food.
Example conversation
Daniel and Elena are studying together in a library.
- DanielEstoy muy cansado de estudiar, Daniel.I am very tired of studying, Daniel.
- ElenaComamos algo que sea un alimento para el cerebro.Let's eat something that is brain food.
- Daniel¿Tienes algunas almendras o fruta?Do you have some almonds or fruit?
- ElenaSí, Elena, traigo una bolsa de nueces.Yes, Elena, I brought a bag of walnuts.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries alimento, cerebro, el, para, CC BY-SA 4.0.
