How to pronounce simpatico
American English pronunciation
sim-PAH-tih-koh
- IPA
- /sɪmˈpɑtɪˌkoʊ/
- Syllables
- sim · PAH · tih · koh (4 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
- Also said
- sim-PAT-ih-koh
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What simpatico means
Getting along easily because you think and feel alike
In a sentence: The two new friends were so simpatico that they finished each other's sentences.
Where it comes from: It was borrowed from Italian or Spanish, where it means nice or likable, and goes back to the Greek word that also gave us sympathy.
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