simpatia

See also: simpatía

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin sympathīa, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [sim.pəˈti.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [sim.paˈti.a]

Noun

simpatia f (plural simpaties)

1. pleasantness, likeability

Derived terms

• simpatitzar

Related terms

• empatia
• simpàtic

Further reading

• “simpatia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “simpatia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “simpatia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “simpatia”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto simpatio

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

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Latin -a

Italian -ader.

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Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto simpatia

From simpatio + -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /simpaˈtia/

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: sim‧pa‧ti‧a

Adjective

simpatia (accusative singular simpatian, plural simpatiaj, accusative plural simpatiajn)

1. nice, likable

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin sympathīa, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sim.paˈti.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: sim‧pa‧tì‧a

Noun

simpatia f (plural simpatie)

1. pleasantness
2. liking

Related terms

• simpatico

Anagrams

• ampiasti, impastai

Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin sympathīa, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia).

Noun

simpatia f (plural simpatias)

1. sympathy

Related terms

• simpatic
• simpatizant
• simpatizar

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin sympathīa, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩ.paˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩ.pɐˈti.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: sim‧pa‧ti‧a

Noun

simpatia f (plural simpatias)

1. (uncountable) likeableness (quality of being likeable)
2. (countable, occult) ritual; rite (set of repeated actions, intending to produce a supernatural result)

Related terms

• simpático

Further reading

• “simpatia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “simpatia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Tagalog

Noun

simpatia or simpatiá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜋ᜔ᜉᜆᜒᜌ)

1. dated spelling of simpatiya