psych

intimidar, desestabilizar

Influir en las emociones o pensamientos de alguien para ponerlo nervioso, confundirlo o quitarle confianza.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone nervous, confused, or less confident by affecting their thoughts or feelings.

• Do not let him psych you out.
• The champion psyched out his rival before the fight.
• I psyched myself out by imagining everything going wrong.

Cómo se usa: psych someone out (His threats were meant to psych me out.)

Sinónimos: intimidate, unsettle

Expresiones frecuentes: psych someone out, psych yourself out

motivar, animar

Dar entusiasmo a alguien y prepararlo mentalmente para afrontar algo difícil.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone excited and mentally ready for something difficult.

• This song always psychs me up.
• She psyched herself up before the interview.
• The captain is psyching the team up for the match.

Cómo se usa: psych someone up for something (The coach psyched us up for the final.)

Sinónimos: motivate, fire up

Expresiones frecuentes: psych someone up, psych yourself up

mentalizarse, animarse

Animarse y prepararse mentalmente para afrontar una experiencia difícil.

En inglés sencillo: To become excited and mentally ready for a difficult experience.

• We need to psych up before the match.
• She psyched up for the climb by listening to music.
• The players are psyching up in the changing room.

Cómo se usa: psych up for something (The runners were psyching up for the race.)

Sinónimos: get ready, get fired up

Expresiones frecuentes: psych up, psych for something

descifrar, analizar

Entender un problema o la manera de pensar de alguien mediante un análisis atento.

En inglés sencillo: To understand a problem or how someone thinks by studying it carefully.

• Can you psych this problem out?
• He spent hours trying to psych out her motives.
• We finally psyched out what the strange message meant.

Cómo se usa: psych someone/something out (She tried to psych out her opponent before the match.)

Sinónimos: figure out, work out

Expresiones frecuentes: psych something out, psych someone out

psiquiatría

Hospital o sección de un hospital donde se trata a personas con problemas de salud mental.

En inglés sencillo: A hospital or hospital department that treats people with mental health problems.

• She works in the psych ward.
• He spent two weeks in psych after the crisis.
• The hospital is opening a new psych unit.

Sinónimos: psychiatric ward, psychiatric hospital

Expresiones frecuentes: psych ward, psych unit, in psych

¡te engañé!, ¡es broma!

Se dice después de afirmar algo falso para indicar que era una broma y que la otra persona cayó.

En inglés sencillo: You say this after a false statement to show that you were joking and fooled someone.

• You won a car. Psych!
• I ate your cake. Psych! It is still in the fridge.
• I am leaving forever. Psych! I will be back tomorrow.

Sinónimos: gotcha, just kidding

Expresiones frecuentes: psych just kidding, psych fooled you

¡genial!, ¡bien!

Expresión que se usa cuando algo provoca alegría o entusiasmo de repente.

En inglés sencillo: You say this when something makes you suddenly happy or excited.

• Psych! We won the game!
• Psych! My lost keys were in my coat pocket.
• Psych! They have given us free tickets.

Sinónimos: wow, hooray

Expresiones frecuentes: psych we won, psych at last

psicodélico

Relacionado con el rock que usa sonidos poco habituales para evocar experiencias parecidas a sueños.

En inglés sencillo: Related to rock music with unusual sounds that suggest dreamlike experiences.

• They play psych rock.
• Her new psych album features long guitar solos.
• Several local psych bands performed at the festival.

Sinónimos: psychedelic

Expresiones frecuentes: psych rock, psych band, psych album