The term “psycho” is often used informally to describe someone who is mentally unstable or exhibits erratic behavior. The word itself can differ across various languages and cultures, adding an interesting layer of linguistic diversity. In this article, we’ll explore how to say “psycho” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Psikopat | Pronunciation: Psi-ko-pat
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – مريض نفسي (Marid Nafsi) | Pronunciation: Ma-reed Naf-see
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – հոգեկան հիվանդ (Hogekan hivand) | Pronunciation: Ho-ge-kan hi-vand
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Psixopat | Pronunciation: Psi-kopat
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Psikopata | Pronunciation: Psi-ko-pata
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Псіхапат (Psikhapat) | Pronunciation: Psi-kha-pat
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – সাইকো (Saiko) | Pronunciation: Sai-ko
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Psihopat | Pronunciation: Psi-ko-pat
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Психопат (Psikhopat) | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pat
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Psicòpata | Pronunciation: Psi-kò-pa-ta
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Psychopat | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pat
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Psykopat | Pronunciation: Psy-ko-pat
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Psychopaat | Pronunciation: Psy-kho-paat
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Psycho | Pronunciation: Sai-ko
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Psühhopaat | Pronunciation: Psü-hho-paat
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – روانی (Ravāni) | Pronunciation: Ra-vā-ni
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Psykopaatti | Pronunciation: Psy-ko-paat-ti
- French (🇫🇷) – Psychopathe | Pronunciation: Psi-ko-pat
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ფსიქოპატი (Psikhopati) | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pa-ti
- German (🇩🇪) – Psychopath | Pronunciation: Psy-cho-path
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ψυχοπαθής (Psychopathís) | Pronunciation: Psee-kho-pa-thees
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – פסיכופת (Psikhopat) | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pat
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – मनोरोगी (Manorogi) | Pronunciation: Ma-no-ro-gi
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Pszichopata | Pronunciation: Pszicho-pata
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Geðveikur | Pronunciation: Geð-veik-ur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Psikopat | Pronunciation: Psi-ko-pat
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Síceapatach | Pronunciation: Sí-ceap-a-tach
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Psicopatico | Pronunciation: Psi-ko-pa-ti-co
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – サイコ (Saiko) | Pronunciation: Sai-ko
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Психопат (Psikhopat) | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pat
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – បញ្ហាផ្លូវចិត្ត (Banha phlov chett) | Pronunciation: Ban-ha phlov chett
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 사이코 (Saiko) | Pronunciation: Sai-ko
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Pîsîkopat | Pronunciation: Pi-si-ko-pat
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Психопат (Psikhopat) | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pat
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ບ້າ (Ba) | Pronunciation: Ba
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Psihopāts | Pronunciation: Psi-ho-pāts
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Psichopatas | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pa-tas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Psychopath | Pronunciation: Psy-cho-path
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Психопат (Psikhopat) | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pat
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Psikopat | Pronunciation: Psi-ko-pat
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Psikopatiku | Pronunciation: Psi-ko-pa-ti-ku
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 精神病患者 (Jīngshénbìng huànzhě) | Pronunciation: Jing-shen-bing huan-zhe
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – सायको (Saiko) | Pronunciation: Sai-ko
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Психопат (Psikhopat) | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pat
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – सायको (Saiko) | Pronunciation: Sai-ko
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Psykopat | Pronunciation: Psy-ko-pat
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – سایکو (Saiko) | Pronunciation: Sai-ko
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Psychopata | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pa-ta
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Psicopata | Pronunciation: Psi-ko-pa-ta
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Psihopat | Pronunciation: Psi-ho-pat
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Психопат (Psikhopat) | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pat
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Психопата (Psikopata) | Pronunciation: Psi-ko-pa-ta
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – මනෝ විකෘතිකයා (Manō vikr̥tikayā) | Pronunciation: Ma-no vi-kri-ti-ka-ya
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Psychopat | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pat
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Psihopat | Pronunciation: Psi-ho-pat
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Cilmu-nafsiyeed | Pronunciation: Cil-mu-naf-si-yeed
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Psicópata | Pronunciation: Psi-ko-pa-ta
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Psycho | Pronunciation: Sai-ko
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Psykopat | Pronunciation: Psy-ko-pat
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Психопат (Psikhopat) | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pat
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – மனநிலை பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர் (Mana nilai paathikkapattavar) | Pronunciation: Ma-na ni-lai paa-thik-ka-pat-ta-var
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – మానసిక రోగి (Mānasika rōgi) | Pronunciation: Maa-na-si-ka ro-gi
- Thai (🇹🇭) – โรคจิต (Rokjit) | Pronunciation: Rok-jit
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Psikopat | Pronunciation: Psi-ko-pat
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Психопат (Psykhopat) | Pronunciation: Psi-kho-pat
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – نفسیاتی مریض (Nafsiyati Mareez) | Pronunciation: Naf-si-ya-ti Ma-reez
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Psixopat | Pronunciation: Psi-ko-pat
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Tâm thần | Pronunciation: Tam-than
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Seicopath | Pronunciation: Sai-ko-path
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Ihlanya | Pronunciation: Ih-la-nya