simpatía

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simpatía
feminine noun
1friendliness (cordialidad)
2affection (cariño)
  • tomar o ->
  • coger simpatía a alguien -> to take a liking to somebody (peninsular Spanish)
  • ganarse la simpatía de -> to win the affection of
  • inspirar simpatía -> to inspire affection
  • tener simpatía a, sentir simpatía por -> to like
also:
  • simpatías -> support (apoyo)
3sympathy (medicine)

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simpatía [sim-pah-tee’-ah]
noun
1Sympathy (compasión), fellow-feeling (solidaridad), congeniality. (f)
2Charm (de lugar, persona), personality. (f)
  • Tener simpatía por alguien -> to find someone charming and congenial
  • Ganarse la simpatía de todos -> to win everybody's affection
  • Mostrar su simpatía por -> to show one's support for

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simpatía
sustantivo:femenino
1 (afecto)
son muestras de simpatía hacia por la víctimao it's a show of sympathy towards the victim; coger simpatía a algn to take a liking to sb; ganarse la simpatía de todos to win everybody's affection
tener simpatía a algn sentir simpatía hacia por algno to like sb
no le tenemos simpatía en absoluto we don't like him at all; no tiene simpatías en el colegio nobody at school likes him; simpatías y antipatías likes and dislikes
2 (cordialidad) friendly nature; friendliness
su simpatía nos cautivó we were charmed by her friendly nature friendliness;o la famosa simpatía andaluza that famous Andalusian friendliness; tener (mucha) simpatía to be (very) likeable nice;o
3 simpatías (Política) sympathies
sus simpatías se decantan por los socialistas his sympathies lie with the socialists
4 (Física) (Med) sympathy
explosión por simpatía secondary explosion

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