los sesos

brains, intelligence

ˈs e s o s → seso
noun · plural masculine Rare #35,758
brains, intelligence Often used figuratively to mean intelligence or common sense; in the plural, it can also mean the brain as food.
SP: Necesitas usar los sesos para resolver este problema.
EN: You need to use your brains to solve this problem.

Tiene más tetas que sesos.

She has more breasts than brains.

— Les invasions barbares (2003)

Tus sesos están fuera de lugar.

Your brains are out of place.

— Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003)

Regina y Juan Pablo no tienen sesos.

Regina and Juan Pablo are brainless.

Ella no tiene sesos.

She has no brains.

Ziri es un zombi y come sesos.

Ziri is a zombie and eats brains.

¡Sin amigos, sin sesos, sin ayuda, sin esperanza!

No friends, no brains, no help, no hope!

— La Princesa Prometida (1987)

Sin sesos.

Brainless.

— Ace Ventura: Detective de Mascotas (1994)

Tomás tiene más dinero que sesos.

Tomás has more money than brains.

¡Mierda para sesos!

Shit for brains!

— Lindas y Letales (2026)

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