psico

psycho

noun PSEE-koh Rare

Origin: Shortened from Greek psychē (soul, mind), via international scientific prefix.

Also means

psych (prefix)

Usage Note

Psico in everyday Italian is a colloquial clipped form for psicologo (psychologist) or psichiatra (psychiatrist), and also used informally as a slang noun meaning 'psycho/crazy person'. As a prefix (psico-) it appears in compound words like psicologia and psicoanalisi. In slang registers it can be used as an adjective meaning 'unhinged'.

Examples

"Quel tipo è proprio uno psico."

Natural Translation

That guy is a total psycho.

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