psych

intimidire, destabilizzare

Influire sui pensieri o sulle emozioni di qualcuno per renderlo nervoso, confonderlo o fargli perdere fiducia.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: psych someone out (His threats were meant to psych me out.)

Sinonimi: intimidate, unsettle

Espressioni comuni: psych someone out, psych yourself out

caricare, motivare

Dare entusiasmo a qualcuno e prepararlo mentalmente ad affrontare qualcosa di difficile.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Sinonimi: motivate, fire up

Espressioni comuni: psych someone up, psych yourself up

caricarsi, prepararsi mentalmente

Trovare entusiasmo e prepararsi mentalmente ad affrontare un’esperienza difficile.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: psych up for something (The runners were psyching up for the race.)

Sinonimi: get ready, get fired up

Espressioni comuni: psych up, psych for something

decifrare, capire

Capire un problema o il modo di pensare di qualcuno attraverso un’attenta analisi.

In inglese semplice: 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.

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

Sinonimi: figure out, work out

Espressioni comuni: psych something out, psych someone out

psichiatria, reparto psichiatrico

Ospedale o reparto ospedaliero dove si curano persone con problemi di salute mentale.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: psychiatric ward, psychiatric hospital

Espressioni comuni: psych ward, psych unit, in psych

scherzavo!, ci sei cascato!

Si dice dopo un’affermazione falsa per rivelare che era uno scherzo e che l’altra persona ci ha creduto.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: gotcha, just kidding

Espressioni comuni: psych just kidding, psych fooled you

evviva!, fantastico!

Esclamazione usata quando qualcosa provoca improvvisamente gioia o entusiasmo.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: wow, hooray

Espressioni comuni: psych we won, psych at last

psichedelico

Relativo al rock con suoni insoliti che evocano esperienze simili a sogni.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Sinonimi: psychedelic

Espressioni comuni: psych rock, psych band, psych album