She provides the brains and he provides the brawn.
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Brawn
//bɹɔn//
Synonyms for "brawn" (46 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (23)
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Translations
75 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
4 entries- դնդերք noun (strong muscles)
- մկաններ noun (strong muscles)
- մկանունք noun (strong muscles)
- ֆիզիկական ուժ noun (physical strength, muscularity)
Bulgarian
4 entries- мускули noun (strong muscles)
- пача noun (terrine)
- физическа сила noun (strong muscles)
- угоявам verb (to make fat)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 膂力 noun (physical strength, muscularity)
Czech
4 entries- fyzická síla noun (physical strength, muscularity)
- huspenina noun (terrine)
- sulc noun (terrine)
- svaly noun (strong muscles)
Dutch
4 entries- hoofdkaas noun (terrine)
- spieren noun (strong muscles)
- spierkracht noun (strong muscles)
- zult noun (terrine)
Estonian
1 entries- sült noun (terrine)
Finnish
4 entries- lihakset noun (strong muscles)
- lihasmassa noun (strong muscles)
- lihasvoima noun (physical strength, muscularity)
- massa noun (physical strength, muscularity)
French
4 entries- fromage de tête noun (terrine)
- hure noun (terrine)
- muscle noun (strong muscles)
- muscle noun (physical strength, muscularity)
Galician
1 entries- cacheira prensada noun (terrine)
German
2 entries- Muskelkraft noun (strong muscles)
- Sülze noun (terrine)
Greek
3 entries- δύναμη noun (physical strength, muscularity)
- πηχτή noun (terrine)
- ποντίκι noun (strong muscles)
Hungarian
2 entries- disznófősajt noun (terrine)
- disznósajt noun (terrine)
Irish
1 entries- toirceoil noun (terrine)
Latin
1 entries- torus noun (strong muscles)
Macedonian
1 entries- шваргла noun (terrine)
Malayalam
1 entries- കരുത്ത് noun (physical strength, muscularity)
Middle English
1 entries- brawne noun (strong muscles)
Māori
1 entries- pakaua noun (physical strength, muscularity)
Old English
1 entries- līra noun (strong muscles)
Polish
4 entries- krzepa noun (physical strength, muscularity)
- muskularość noun (physical strength, muscularity)
- salceson noun (terrine)
- silne mięśnie noun (strong muscles)
Romanian
1 entries- mușchi noun (strong muscles)
Russian
3 entries- мускулистость noun (physical strength, muscularity)
- мускулы noun (strong muscles)
- мышцы noun (strong muscles)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- gruba snaga noun (physical strength, muscularity)
- mišićavost noun (strong muscles)
- muskuloznost noun (strong muscles)
- tlačenica noun (terrine)
Spanish
2 entries- cabeza de jabalí noun (terrine)
- queso de cabeza noun (terrine)
Swedish
3 entries- muskelkraft noun (physical strength, muscularity)
- muskelstyrka noun (physical strength, muscularity)
- sylta noun (terrine)
Welsh
1 entries- caws pen mochyn noun (terrine)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Tom is all brawn and no brain.
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Tom's perfect. He's got the brains and the brawn.
Source: tatoeba (13162325)
What's better, brains or brawn?
Source: tatoeba (13388046)
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