Spanish word of the week: antipático

This week’s Spanish word of the week is antipático.

Antipático is an adjective that means unfriendly or unpleasant.

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Antipático is the exact opposite of simpático (another Word of the week), and you use it when someone is unfriendly or unpleasant.

Es el tipo más antipático que conozco. He’s the most unpleasant guy I know.

¡Qué mujer más antipática! She is so unfriendly!

If you don’t like someone, you can use the following phrase. Notice the use of the pronoun, me:

Me es muy antipático. I don’t like him at all.

Things you don’t like having to do can also be antipático:

Debe tomar decisiones antipáticas. She has to take unpleasant decisions.

Come back next week to read about our next Spanish word of the week!

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