Definition of simpatico
2 : having shared qualities, interests, etc. : like-minded, sympathetic These two artists are simpatico. Carlson, like Sorolla, works out-of-doors, directly from his subject …— Kay Mayer Andrea Sand's group of older mothers are simpatico because of their common age and experience.— Barbara Hey With the patronage of a simpatico Reagan, Casey took in hand a diminished CIA and molded it into a high-tech agency …— William L. Chaze et al.
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The first known use of simpatico was in 1849
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