psicodélico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• psicadélico (Portugal)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.si.koˈdɛ.li.ku/, /psi.koˈdɛ.li.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.si.koˈdɛ.li.ku/, /psi.koˈdɛ.li.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /psi.koˈdɛ.li.ko/, /pi.si.koˈdɛ.li.ko/

Adjective

psicodélico (feminine psicodélica, masculine plural psicodélicos, feminine plural psicodélicas) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. psychedelic (of, containing or generating hallucinations)
2. (of graphics) psychedelic (having bright colours and abstract shapes)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• sicodélico

Etymology

Borrowed from English psychedelic, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ) + δῆλος (dêlos, “clear, manifest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sikoˈdeliko/ [si.koˈð̞e.li.ko]
• Rhymes: -eliko
• Syllabification: psi‧co‧dé‧li‧co

Adjective

psicodélico (feminine psicodélica, masculine plural psicodélicos, feminine plural psicodélicas)

1. psychedelic

Related terms

• psicodelia

 

Further reading

• “psicodélico”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014