simpatico
Americanadjective
adjective
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pleasant or congenial
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of similar mind or temperament; compatible
Etymology
Origin of simpatico
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
Example Sentences
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He added that the relationships between Cursor and the AI-model companies is simpatico.
And I think it’s just very important to have a philosophy about every aspect of the film, the performance, the music, for all of these things to sort of be simpatico.
From Los Angeles Times
Continuing apace, voters in November elected a political newcomer and relative moderate, Daniel Lurie, as mayor and punctuated the sentiment by gifting him a more simpatico Board of Supervisors at San Francisco’s baroque City Hall.
From Los Angeles Times
While she spoke in her resignation letter of “our political project,” she and the prime minister were not always politically simpatico.
From BBC
The simpatico, closely connected businesses remain neighbors after Wolin downsized within the same building.
From Los Angeles Times
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