Psychology vocabulary Psicologia
13 Portuguese words on the topic of psychology — with pictures, audio recordings and example sentences. The mind and behavior.
| Picture | English | Portuguese · Português | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | psychology | a psicologia | Unlike English, the initial p is pronounced; psychologist = o psicólogo. |
 | mind | a mente | Cognate of 'mental'; the adverb ending -mente (rapidamente) comes from it. |
 | brain | o cérebro | Stress on the first syllable: CÉ-re-bro. |
 | behavior | o comportamento | From comportar-se (to behave); cf. English 'comportment'. |
 | emotion | a emoção | The -ção ending is nasal; plural: emoções. |
 | memory | a memória | 'To know by heart' = saber de cor, not with memória. |
 | dream | o sonho | o sonho = dream; sleep = o sono. |
 | therapy | a terapia | Therapist = o/a terapeuta — same form for both genders. |
 | stress | o estresse | Brazilian spelling of English 'stress'; stressed = estressado. 🇵🇹 PortugalIn Portugal: stresse. |
 | anxiety | a ansiedade | -dade = English -ty; ansioso means both 'anxious' and 'eager'. |
 | consciousness | a consciência | One word for both 'consciousness' and 'conscience'. |
 | personality | a personalidade | 'Person' is pessoa, yet this word keeps the Latin -rson-: personalidade. |
 | habit | o hábito | The h is silent: 'AH-bee-too'. |