ego

ego

La importancia o el valor que uno se atribuye, sobre todo cuando muestra demasiado orgullo.

En inglés sencillo: Your sense of your own value or importance, especially when it makes you seem too proud.

• He has a big ego.
• Losing the game hurt her ego.
• Try to keep your ego out of the discussion.

Sinónimos: self-importance, pride

Expresiones frecuentes: big ego, hurt someone’s ego, boost someone’s ego

yo

En algunas teorías, la parte de la mente que ajusta los deseos a lo posible y aceptable.

En inglés sencillo: In some theories, the part of your mind that balances your wishes with what is possible or acceptable.

• The ego deals with reality.
• Freud described tensions between the ego and the id.
• The therapist discussed how the ego manages conflicting wishes.

Expresiones frecuentes: ego development, ego and superego, role of ego

ego, persona de referencia

La persona que sirve de punto de partida para describir los parentescos en un árbol familiar.

En inglés sencillo: The person whose position is used to describe relationships in a family tree.

• Ego is at the center of the chart.
• The diagram labels each relative according to their relationship to ego.
• Here, ego’s mother has two brothers.

Sinónimos: reference person

Expresiones frecuentes: relatives of ego, ego’s father, ego’s family