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Questions & Answers about A enfermeira é simpática.
Does simpática mean sympathetic?
No, simpática is a false friend. It actually means friendly, nice, or pleasant. If you want to say someone is sympathetic or understanding, you would use a word like compreensiva.
Why use é instead of está for is?
How would this sentence change if the nurse were a man?
How would I change this sentence to say that the nurse HAS TO be friendly?
To express obligation, you use tem de (has to) followed by the infinitive (original, unconjugated) form of the verb. Since é comes from the verb ser (to be), the sentence becomes: A enfermeira tem de ser simpática.