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simpatico

[ sim-pah-ti-koh, -pat-i- ]

adjective

  1. congenial or like-minded; likable:

    I find our new neighbor simpatico in every respect.



simpatico

/ sɪmˈpɑːtɪˌkəʊ; -ˈpæt- /

adjective

  1. pleasant or congenial
  2. of similar mind or temperament; compatible


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Word History and Origins

Origin of simpatico1

First recorded in 1860–65; from Italian: literally, “sympathetic,” equivalent to simpat(ia) sympathy + -ico -ic; related in meaning to Spanish simpático, French sympathique, and German sympatisch

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Word History and Origins

Origin of simpatico1

Italian: from simpatia sympathy

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Example Sentences

Sure, things were simpatico at first but it didn’t take long for Corey to sense Broome’s insecurities, or to start pummeling Broome, or to humiliate him.

The barraca managers and ambulantes are simpatico in their daylong quest to pocket gobs of hard-earned money.

Indeed, Don is similarly simpatico with commanding women such as Rachel Menken and Bobbie Barrett.

Cameron is young and charming, and on several previous meetings, he and Obama were very simpatico.

You and Letterman are so funny together but, like George C. Scott, one wouldn't think of the two of you as simpatico.

Nobody could say that any form of spider is precisely what our Italian friends prettily describe in their liquid way as simpatico.

Yes, she agreed, Nuoro was a nice place—simpatico, molto simpatico.

In the Italian phrase the whole place was simpatico; it repeated and crooned over to every one the mood in which he came to it.

I will ask nobody whom you do not like—who is not thoroughly simpatico.

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