Masculine

gentil

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Ela   sempre   foi   muito   gentil   e   amigável   com   todos   os   estranhos .

She was always very kind and friendly to all strangers.

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Meaning

  1. (feminine, masculine) gentle; amiable; kind
  2. (feminine, masculine) elegant
  3. (feminine, masculine) gentle; polite; respectful

Concepts

kind
polite
affable
courteous
nice
kindly
well-mannered
friendly
mild
good
👍
soft
gentle
civil
amiable
civilized
good-natured
gracious
high-minded
lenient
likable
lovely
mannerly
pretty
sweet
sweetheart
tender
urbane
well behaved
winsome
bonhomous
Polite
Minnesota nice

hende

accessible
alluring
amenable
benign
charming
civilised
complaisant
condescending
cultivated
cultured
dainty
disarming
fair
genteel
Opposite of
desagradável, descortês, deselegante, feio
Synonyms

amável
B2
afável
30k
lhano
bondoso
C2
👍
cortês
23k
polido
35k
cavalheiro
B2
🤵‍♂️
cultivado
45k
meigo
C2
suave
B2
refinado
24k
encantador
B2
fascinante
B2
atraente
B2
agradável
B1
ameno
cativante
26k
delicioso
B2
😋
doce
B1
Translations

cortese
vriendelijk
freundlich
aardig
amable
voorkomend
gentil
lief

αγαθός

nett
comis
gradevole
poli
lepidus
Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʒẽˈt͡ʃiw/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin
gentīlis
In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese gentil, borrowed from Latin gentīlis (“belonging to the same family”), from gēns (“clan; tribe”).

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