sentimental

sentimental, afectivo

Relacionado con los sentimientos, especialmente el cariño o los recuerdos de personas y acontecimientos.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with feelings, especially affection or memories of people and events.

• The ring has sentimental value.
• Looking at old photographs made him sentimental.
• I keep this coat for sentimental reasons.

Cómo se usa: sentimental about something (She gets sentimental about her childhood home.)

Sinónimos: emotional

Expresiones frecuentes: sentimental value, sentimental attachment, sentimental mood

sentimental, sensiblero

Que expresa o provoca sentimientos tiernos e intensos, a veces de forma exagerada o poco natural.

En inglés sencillo: Showing or encouraging strong, gentle feelings, sometimes more than seems sensible or natural.

• The film is too sentimental.
• He gave a sentimental speech that made everyone cry.
• Her latest songs are less sentimental than her earlier work.

Sinónimos: soppy, mawkish

Antónimos: unsentimental

Expresiones frecuentes: sentimental film, sentimental story, sentimental song

romántico

Relacionado con el amor y los sentimientos románticos.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with love and romantic feelings.

• He wrote her a sentimental letter.
• Their sentimental walks always ended beside the river.
• The poem describes a young couple’s sentimental love.

Sinónimos: romantic

Expresiones frecuentes: sentimental love, sentimental letter, sentimental evening