simpatico

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/sɪmˈpa.tɪ.kəʊ/(UK)
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/sɪmˈpa.tɪ.kəʊ/(UK) · /sɪmˈpæ.tə.koʊ/(US) · /sɪmˈpɑ.tə.koʊ/(US)

Definition of simpatico

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having a compatible temperament or pleasing qualities.
    “Colombia is a red herring, however. The songs that became Madame X actually came together during Madonna’s two years in Portugal, where she decamped in 2017 when her son David enrolled in Benfica’s football academy. Madonna absorbed the local sounds with more of a mature, simpatico rather than asset-stripping eye.”
    “At first, I figured he was pretending to like things that women like to seem simpatico, a feminist hustle. But no, this guy really wanted to read “Northanger Abbey.””
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adj

  1. Having a compatible temperament or pleasing qualities.
    “Colombia is a red herring, however. The songs that became Madame X actually came together during Madonna’s two years in Portugal, where she decamped in 2017 when her son David enrolled in Benfica’s football academy. Madonna absorbed the local sounds with more of a mature, simpatico rather than asset-stripping eye.”
    “At first, I figured he was pretending to like things that women like to seem simpatico, a feminist hustle. But no, this guy really wanted to read “Northanger Abbey.””
  2. Compatible (with a person, thing, etc).
    “This meant that one morning Hildon would wake up and realize that he and Lucy were not simpatico. She was afraid because this happened so often—she dreaded it—but the truth was that she did not fear men individually.”
    “'You're my boss, and perhaps it's a good thing we're not simpático. In fact, I think it's probably for the best if we keep a certain distance between us.' To her surprise, he nodded. 'At work, yes—you are quite right.'”
    “"Basically, right now, you and math are just not...simpatico."”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian simpatico or Spanish simpático (“nice, likeable”), ultimately from Ancient Greek σῠμπᾰ́θειᾰ (sŭmpắtheiă, “sympathy”, literally “suffering together”).

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