psicodélico

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• psicadélico (Portugal)

Pronunciation

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

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)

Further reading

• “psicodélico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “psicodélico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025