sympathetic

comprensivo, compasivo

Que se preocupa por los problemas de alguien y muestra que comprende sus sentimientos.

En inglés sencillo: Caring about someone’s problems and showing that you understand how they feel.

• She gave me a sympathetic smile.
• My teacher was sympathetic when I explained.
• He listened with a sympathetic expression.

Cómo se usa: sympathetic to/towards someone (Her manager was sympathetic towards her.)

Sinónimos: understanding, caring, compassionate

Antónimos: unsympathetic

Expresiones frecuentes: sympathetic listener, sympathetic towards someone, sympathetic smile, sympathetic look

favorable, partidario

Que está de acuerdo con una idea o un plan y dispuesto a apoyarlo.

En inglés sencillo: Agreeing with an idea or plan and willing to support it.

• The council was sympathetic to our plan.
• We found a sympathetic audience for our ideas.
• She is sympathetic towards calls for reform.

Cómo se usa: sympathetic to/towards something (The committee is sympathetic to the proposal.)

Sinónimos: supportive, favourable

Antónimos: opposed

Expresiones frecuentes: sympathetic to something, sympathetic audience, sympathetic towards something

simpático

Producido por una conexión que hace que lo que afecta a una cosa afecte también a otra.

En inglés sencillo: Caused by a connection between things, so that an effect on one also affects another.

• The instrument produces sympathetic vibrations.
• The ritual uses sympathetic magic to encourage rain.
• Sympathetic resonance made the unused strings vibrate.

Expresiones frecuentes: sympathetic magic, sympathetic vibration, sympathetic resonance