simpatizar

to get along

simpatizar(seem-pah-tee-sahr)

intransitive verb

1. (to get along; often used with "con")

a. to get along

Pienso que Trini y yo jamás podremos simpatizar.

I don't think Trini and I could ever get along.

b. to get on

¿Sabes por qué Laura y su hermana no simpatizan?

Do you know why Laura and her sister don't get on?

c. to get on well together

Sara y Julia simpatizaron nada más llegar a la universidad.

Sara and Julia got on well together as soon as they started university.

d. to hit it off

No simpaticé con Juan en un principio pero luego resolvimos nuestras diferencias.

I didn't hit it off with Juan at first, but then we resolved our differences.

2. (politics; used with "con")

a. to sympathize with

Muchas mujeres simpatizaron con el partido por las medidas de igualdad que propuso.

Many women sympathized with the party because of the equality measures it proposed.

b. to sympathise with

(United Kingdom)

Es lógico votar a un partido si simpatizas con sus ideas.

It's logical to vote for a party whose ideas you sympathise with.