He has a penchant for whistling at pretty ladies he sees on the street.
Source: tatoeba (2019444)
Penchant
//ˈpɛnt͡ʃənt//
Synonyms for "penchant" (67 found)
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34 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- предразположение noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- склонност noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 傾向 /倾向 noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- 愛好 /爱好 noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Czech
1 entries- vášeň noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Dutch
2 entries- neiging noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- voorkeur noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Finnish
1 entries- mieltymys noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
French
1 entries- penchant noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Georgian
2 entries- მიდრეკილება noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- მისწრაფება noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
German
3 entries- Hang noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- Neigung noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- Vorliebe noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Italian
2 entries- apprezzamento noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- inclinazione noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Japanese
1 entries- 傾向 noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Norwegian
1 entries- forkjærlighet noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Persian
2 entries- عاشق چیزی بودن noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- عشقِ چیزی بودن noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Polish
2 entries- skłonność noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- smykałka noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Portuguese
2 entries- inclinação noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- predisposição noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Russian
2 entries- предпочте́ние noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- скло́нность noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Spanish
3 entries- afición noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- enza noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- querencia noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Swedish
3 entries- böjelse noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- förkärlek noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- försmak noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Welsh
2 entries- gogwydd noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
- tuedd noun (taste, liking, or inclination (for))
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Women have a natural penchant for the mysterious.
Source: tatoeba (3691695)
Sami had a penchant for knives.
Source: tatoeba (6358966)
The man who will become Japan’s next prime minister is the son of strawberry farmers, with an unpretentious personality and a penchant for exceeding others’ expectations of him.
Source: tatoeba (9038181)
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