as a compliment
No sé si tomarlo como un cumplido o un insulto.
I don't know whether to take it as a compliment or an insult.
Bueno, me lo tomaré como un cumplido.
Well, I'll take that as a compliment.
I meant it as a compliment.
I take that as a compliment.
I'll take that as a compliment.
Él se tomó sus palabras como un cumplido.
He took her words as a compliment.
No sé de qué hablas, pero lo tomo como un cumplido.
I don't know what you're talking about, but I take it as a compliment.
— Los Tenenbaums. Una familia de genios (2001)
Me lo tomaré como un cumplido.
I'll take that as a compliment.
Lo tomaría como un cumplido, si no te conociera.
I'd take that as a compliment, if I didn't know you.