freud

BrE /ˈfruːd/ AmE /ˈfruːd/

noun en → es

1 PSYCHOLOGY [noun] C1

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded psychoanalysis and developed theories about the unconscious mind and sexuality.

Sigmund Freud, psicoanálisis

Collocations Freudian theory

  • His work is based on Freud's theories of the unconscious.

    Su trabajo se basa en las teorías de Freud sobre el inconsciente.

2 IDIOM [transitive, T + obj] C1

To refer to something as being characteristic of the theories or ideas associated with Sigmund Freud.

referirse a algo como freudiano

Collocations freudian slip

  • That was just a Freudian slip.

    Eso fue solo un lapsus freudiano.

Idioms

Freudian slip C1

lapsus freudiano

  • He called her by his mother's name, a Freudian slip.

    La llamó con el nombre de su madre, un lapsus freudiano.