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Good afternoon!
In Spanish, some people tend to say: "fulanito es muy psicólogo". How would you say in English that a person is "muy psicólogo o psicóloga"?
Thank you very much in advance.

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Good afternoon!
In Spanish, some people tend to say: "fulanito es muy psicólogo". How would you say in English that a person is "muy psicólogo o psicóloga"?
Thank you very much in advance.

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  People vary greatly in how they want to talk about their mental health, so there’s no general answer. There are as many expressions for receiving psychotherapy as there are for being drunk.
  
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  What does it mean in English? (Even if the translation doesn't sound right.)
  
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  Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I think I didn't explain it properly... I do apologize! My question is not related to people receiving psychoterapy. I would like to know if I can use an equivalent expression (in English) to the Spanish one: "Fulanito es muy psicólogo". For instance, I wonder whether the expression "So-and-so is a great deal psychologist" exists in English...
  
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Good afternoon!
In Spanish, some people tend to say: "fulanito es muy psicólogo". How would you say in English that a person is "muy psicólogo o psicóloga"?
Thank you very much in advance.

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I am a speaker of Spanish and would tend to interpret the sentence in question as being equivalent to:

• He is a good deal of a psychologist.

(meaning that the person is not a psychologist proper, but embodies many of the features psychologists are typically endowed with)

If OP's intention is to emphasize the quality of the psychologist, then any of the options suggested by @Jason Bassford will work (good, great, competent, skilled). Another adjective that comes to mind is "archetypical", in which case the definite article will be used:

• He/She is the archetypical psychologist.

"Es muy psicólogo" could be used in the latter sense to mean something like:

• He's not just a psychologist. He's the perfect one.

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  Gustavson, and Cristina: I found this secondary meaning of psicólogo/psicóloga: "Persona capacitada de modo especial para el conocimiento del carácter y la forma de pensar de las personas." I would feel a difference might be that a psychologist in the literal sense is trained (and may have some natural inborn ability) whereas this meaning concentrates on the natural ability.
  
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  @MichaelHarvey In that case, "a good deal of a psychologist" will convey the intended meaning.
  
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  Cascabel, José Carlos Fuertes Rocañín, a psychiatrist in Zaragoza, Spain (Iberia) has written a book, "¿Qué me pasa, doctor?" in which he says that people having a perspicacity in understanding other people's secrets are informally said to be 'muy psicologico' - "Vulgarmente se dice de alguien así que «es muy psicólogo» o que «tiene mucha psicología»."
  
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I do not think the expression "fulanito es muy psicólogo" in Spanish sounds quite right.

It sounds like something Marilyn Monroe might say in one of her dim blonde roles...

"That guy is very pschological"

I think that would convey the slangy street language aspect of the original phrase.

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I would say an idiomatic equivalent is

He's a bit of a psychologist.

The Oxford Dictionaries has the phrase:

a bit of a —

PHRASE

1 Used to suggest that something is not severe or extreme, or is the case only to a limited extent.

he's a bit of a womanizer

However I think the dictionary definition is a bit weak, as the phrase can be used as under-statement. In my example, the meaning is that he isn't actually a psychologist, but he knows a lot about it.

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I am a speaker of Spanish and would tend to interpret the sentence in question as being equivalent to:

• He is a good deal of a psychologist.

(meaning that the person is not a psychologist proper, but embodies many of the features psychologists are typically endowed with)

If OP's intention is to emphasize the quality of the psychologist, then any of the options suggested by @Jason Bassford will work (good, great, competent, skilled). Another adjective that comes to mind is "archetypical", in which case the definite article will be used:

• He/She is the archetypical psychologist.

"Es muy psicólogo" could be used in the latter sense to mean something like:

• He's not just a psychologist. He's the perfect one.

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Gustavson, and Cristina: I found this secondary meaning of psicólogo/psicóloga: "Persona capacitada de modo especial para el conocimiento del carácter y la forma de pensar de las personas." I would feel a difference might be that a psychologist in the literal sense is trained (and may have some natural inborn ability) whereas this meaning concentrates on the natural ability.
  
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  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @MichaelHarvey In that case, "a good deal of a psychologist" will convey the intended meaning.
  
  – Gustavson
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Cascabel, José Carlos Fuertes Rocañín, a psychiatrist in Zaragoza, Spain (Iberia) has written a book, "¿Qué me pasa, doctor?" in which he says that people having a perspicacity in understanding other people's secrets are informally said to be 'muy psicologico' - "Vulgarmente se dice de alguien así que «es muy psicólogo» o que «tiene mucha psicología»."
  
  – Michael Harvey
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  Cascabel, please go ahead... Google Books
  
  – Michael Harvey
  52 mins ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Surely vulgarmente just means 'ordinarily, popularly', does it necessarily mean the user is 'uneducated'? My main second language is French, and 'vulgairement' has two meanings, one neutral : "De façon courante, ordinaire", and one pejorative : "Avec vulgarité, sans distinction, d'une manière grossière" (Larousse).
  
  – Michael Harvey
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I am a speaker of Spanish and would tend to interpret the sentence in question as being equivalent to:

• He is a good deal of a psychologist.

(meaning that the person is not a psychologist proper, but embodies many of the features psychologists are typically endowed with)

If OP's intention is to emphasize the quality of the psychologist, then any of the options suggested by @Jason Bassford will work (good, great, competent, skilled). Another adjective that comes to mind is "archetypical", in which case the definite article will be used:

• He/She is the archetypical psychologist.

"Es muy psicólogo" could be used in the latter sense to mean something like:

• He's not just a psychologist. He's the perfect one.

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

answered 1 hour ago

GustavsonGustavson

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Gustavson, and Cristina: I found this secondary meaning of psicólogo/psicóloga: "Persona capacitada de modo especial para el conocimiento del carácter y la forma de pensar de las personas." I would feel a difference might be that a psychologist in the literal sense is trained (and may have some natural inborn ability) whereas this meaning concentrates on the natural ability.
  
  – Michael Harvey
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @MichaelHarvey In that case, "a good deal of a psychologist" will convey the intended meaning.
  
  – Gustavson
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Cascabel, José Carlos Fuertes Rocañín, a psychiatrist in Zaragoza, Spain (Iberia) has written a book, "¿Qué me pasa, doctor?" in which he says that people having a perspicacity in understanding other people's secrets are informally said to be 'muy psicologico' - "Vulgarmente se dice de alguien así que «es muy psicólogo» o que «tiene mucha psicología»."
  
  – Michael Harvey
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Cascabel, please go ahead... Google Books
  
  – Michael Harvey
  52 mins ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Surely vulgarmente just means 'ordinarily, popularly', does it necessarily mean the user is 'uneducated'? My main second language is French, and 'vulgairement' has two meanings, one neutral : "De façon courante, ordinaire", and one pejorative : "Avec vulgarité, sans distinction, d'une manière grossière" (Larousse).
  
  – Michael Harvey
  37 mins ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
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I am a speaker of Spanish and would tend to interpret the sentence in question as being equivalent to:

• He is a good deal of a psychologist.

(meaning that the person is not a psychologist proper, but embodies many of the features psychologists are typically endowed with)

If OP's intention is to emphasize the quality of the psychologist, then any of the options suggested by @Jason Bassford will work (good, great, competent, skilled). Another adjective that comes to mind is "archetypical", in which case the definite article will be used:

• He/She is the archetypical psychologist.

"Es muy psicólogo" could be used in the latter sense to mean something like:

• He's not just a psychologist. He's the perfect one.

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I do not think the expression "fulanito es muy psicólogo" in Spanish sounds quite right.

It sounds like something Marilyn Monroe might say in one of her dim blonde roles...

"That guy is very pschological"

I think that would convey the slangy street language aspect of the original phrase.

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

CascabelCascabel

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I do not think the expression "fulanito es muy psicólogo" in Spanish sounds quite right.

It sounds like something Marilyn Monroe might say in one of her dim blonde roles...

"That guy is very pschological"

I think that would convey the slangy street language aspect of the original phrase.

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

CascabelCascabel

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I do not think the expression "fulanito es muy psicólogo" in Spanish sounds quite right.

It sounds like something Marilyn Monroe might say in one of her dim blonde roles...

"That guy is very pschological"

I think that would convey the slangy street language aspect of the original phrase.

share|improve this answer

answered 1 hour ago

CascabelCascabel

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I would say an idiomatic equivalent is

He's a bit of a psychologist.

The Oxford Dictionaries has the phrase:

a bit of a —

PHRASE

1 Used to suggest that something is not severe or extreme, or is the case only to a limited extent.

he's a bit of a womanizer

However I think the dictionary definition is a bit weak, as the phrase can be used as under-statement. In my example, the meaning is that he isn't actually a psychologist, but he knows a lot about it.

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

answered 1 hour ago

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I would have mixed feelings about being called 'a bit of a psychologist'. We have all met those annoying types who know (or think they know) everybody's innermost secrets and motivations better than they do themselves. Also, a snake-oil salesman or a con artist is often a bit of a psychologist.
  
  – Michael Harvey
  58 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

0

I would say an idiomatic equivalent is

He's a bit of a psychologist.

The Oxford Dictionaries has the phrase:

a bit of a —

PHRASE

1 Used to suggest that something is not severe or extreme, or is the case only to a limited extent.

he's a bit of a womanizer

However I think the dictionary definition is a bit weak, as the phrase can be used as under-statement. In my example, the meaning is that he isn't actually a psychologist, but he knows a lot about it.

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

answered 1 hour ago

Weather VaneWeather Vane

3,256517

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I would have mixed feelings about being called 'a bit of a psychologist'. We have all met those annoying types who know (or think they know) everybody's innermost secrets and motivations better than they do themselves. Also, a snake-oil salesman or a con artist is often a bit of a psychologist.
  
  – Michael Harvey
  58 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I would say an idiomatic equivalent is

He's a bit of a psychologist.

The Oxford Dictionaries has the phrase:

a bit of a —

PHRASE

1 Used to suggest that something is not severe or extreme, or is the case only to a limited extent.

he's a bit of a womanizer

However I think the dictionary definition is a bit weak, as the phrase can be used as under-statement. In my example, the meaning is that he isn't actually a psychologist, but he knows a lot about it.

share|improve this answer

edited 1 hour ago

answered 1 hour ago

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