Simpatico (usada en el contexto de una oración en inglés)

Spanish translation: parecen tener cierta afinidad con

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English term or phrase:seem simpatico
Spanish translation:parecen tener cierta afinidad con
Entered by: David Russi

03:48 Oct 1, 2010
English to Spanish translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: Simpatico (usada en el contexto de una oración en inglés)
In this sense, while one level the Diaries seem simpatico with some of the documentary impulses behind XX agent, on another level they bear the traces of XX’s portraiture and his obsession with…
lorenabustos
Argentina
Local time: 07:08
parecen tener cierta afinidad con
Explanation:
Webster's

sim£pati£co
Pronunciation:sim*p*d.**k*, -pad.-
Function:adjective
Etymology:Italian simpatico (from simpatia sympathy, congeniality * from Latin sympathia sympathy * + -ico -ic, from Latin -icus) & Spanish simp*tico, from simpat*a (from Latin sympathia) + -ico, from Latin -icus * more at SYMPATHY

2 : exhibiting or inclined toward harmony : CONGENIAL, SYMPATHETIC *buildings T simpatico with the early Spanish and Indian motif— Conrad Richter*
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David Russi
United States
Local time: 04:08
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Muchas gracias!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2parecen tener cierta afinidad con
David Russi
4 +1parecen aceptar/ estar de acuerdo con
Lydia De Jorge
3 +1parecen simpatizar
Anne Smith Campbell
3coincidir/congeniar
Cristina Talavera


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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
seem simpatico with
parecen tener cierta afinidad con


Explanation:
Webster's

sim£pati£co
Pronunciation:sim*p*d.**k*, -pad.-
Function:adjective
Etymology:Italian simpatico (from simpatia sympathy, congeniality * from Latin sympathia sympathy * + -ico -ic, from Latin -icus) & Spanish simp*tico, from simpat*a (from Latin sympathia) + -ico, from Latin -icus * more at SYMPATHY

2 : exhibiting or inclined toward harmony : CONGENIAL, SYMPATHETIC *buildings T simpatico with the early Spanish and Indian motif— Conrad Richter*

David Russi
United States
Local time: 04:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 55
Grading comment
Muchas gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mirtha Grotewold
12 mins
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agree  Christine Walsh
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
simpatico (usada en el contexto de una oración en inglés)
parecen aceptar/ estar de acuerdo con


Explanation:
my take

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 05:08
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 72

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cristina Talavera: sí, concuerdo contigo!
2 hrs
  -> Gracias!
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
simpatico (usada en el contexto de una oración en inglés)
parecen simpatizar


Explanation:
Lorena, para empezar, que yo sepa 'simpático' no es una palabra inglesa, y la traducción me parece cuanto menos extraña. Considerando el resto del texto Inglés creo que la traducción al Español sería la de "simpatizar".

Línea 11 del siguiente texto, por ejemplo:
http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:bGC4g0NVo_0J:fama2...



Anne Smith Campbell
Spain
Local time: 12:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Leonardo Lamarche: agree.
9 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
simpatico (usada en el contexto de una oración en inglés)
coincidir/congeniar


Explanation:
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Cristina Talavera
Local time: 06:08
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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