parecer

/paɾeˈθeɾ/, [pa.ɾeˈθeɾ]

look like, seem

Gerund: pareciendo

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	parecido	parecida
Plural	parecidos	parecidas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	parezco	parecía	parecí	pareceré	parecería
tú	pareces	parecías	pareciste	parecerás	parecerías
él/ella/Ud.	parece	parecía	pareció	parecerá	parecería
nosotros	parecemos	parecíamos	parecimos	pareceremos	pareceríamos
vosotros	parecéis	parecíais	parecisteis	pareceréis	pareceríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	parecen	parecían	parecieron	parecerán	parecerían
vos	parecés	parecías	pareciste	parecerás	parecerías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	parezca	pareciera	pareciese	pareciere
tú	parezcas	parecieras	parecieses	parecieres
él/ella/Ud.	parezca	pareciera	pareciese	pareciere
nosotros	parezcamos	pareciéramos	pareciésemos	pareciéremos
vosotros	parezcáis	parecierais	parecieseis	pareciereis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	parezcan	parecieran	pareciesen	parecieren
vos	parezcás	parecieras	parecieses	parecieres

Imperative

Examples

Tom no quiere parecer tonto.

Tom doesn't want to look foolish.

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Al parecer, ella sabía el secreto.

She seems to have known the secret.

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Al parecer, la señora Brown es una actriz.

Ms. Brown seems to be an actress.

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Al parecer, ella estaba enferma.

It seems that she was ill.

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No importa lo que digas, no cambiaré de parecer.

No matter what you say, I won't change my mind.

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Al parecer, su propósito de estudiar en el extranjero es desarrollar su capacidad para hablar el inglés.

Developing his ability of speaking English, it seems, is his purpose of studying abroad.

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Estaba planeando llamarle, pero cambié de parecer y no lo hice.

I was planning to call him, but changed my mind and didn't.

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No temas, al principio puede parecer intimidante, pero él es realmente una persona muy amigable.

Don't worry. He may look intimidating at first glance, but he's actually a very friendly person.

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A mi parecer las imágenes hablan por sí solas.

It seems to me that the pictures speak for themselves.

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Puede parecer extraño, pero es verdad.

It may sound strange, but it is true.

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