lavagem cerebral
Portuguese, noun
lavagem cerebral is spelled L-A-V-A-G-E-M-C-E-R-E-B-R-A-L (15 letters). Lavagem cerebral is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “brainwash (mental pressure to change someone’s memory, belief or ideas)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does lavagem cerebral mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebrainwash (mental pressure to change someone’s memory, belief or ideas)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. ato de incutir forçada ou não forçadamente ideias, atitudes, pensamentos modificando os já presentes em um indivíduo, de forma a o tornar propenso a uma linha de pensamento, atitude, comportamento, raciocínio
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of lavagem cerebral
- lavagens cerebrais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lavagem cerebral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.