botar minhoca na cabeça

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Compound of botar (“to put”) +‎ minhoca (“worm”) +‎ na (“in”) +‎ cabeça (“head”). Literally, “put worms in (one's) head”. === Pronunciation === === Verb === botar minhoca na cabeça (first-person singular present boto minhoca na cabeça, first-person singular preterite botei minhoca na cabeça, past participle botado minhoca na cabeça) (transitive, intransitive, figuratively) to brainwash (to affect one's mind) ==== Conjugation ====