parecer

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese parecer, from Vulgar Latin *pārescere, from Latin parēre, present active infinitive of pāreō.

Verb

parecer (first-person singular present parezo, first-person singular preterite parecín, past participle parecido)

  1. to seem, appear
  2. first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of parecer
  3. first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of parecer

Conjugation

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese parecer, from Vulgar Latin *pārescere, from Latin parēre, present active infinitive of pāreō, from Proto-Italic *pāzēō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-s- (“watch, see”), s-present of *peh₂- (“protect”).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɐ.ɾɨ.ˈseɾ/
  • Hyphenation: pa‧re‧cer

Verb

parecer (first-person singular present indicative pareço, past participle parecido)

  1. (copulative or auxiliary) to seem
    Jorge parece estar feliz. ― George seems to be happy.
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with com) to resemble
  3. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of parecer
  4. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of parecer
  5. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of parecer
  6. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of parecer

Conjugation

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:parecer.

Noun

parecer m (plural pareceres)

  1. expert opinion, advice, assessment, evaluation

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:parecer.

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pārescō, from Latin parēre, present active infinitive of pāreō, from Proto-Italic *pāzēō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-s- (“watch, see”), s-present of *peh₂- (“protect”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [paɾe̞ˈθe̞ɾ] (Castilian)
  • IPA(key): [paɾe̞ˈse̞ɾ] (Latin American)

Verb

parecer (first-person singular present parezco, first-person singular preterite parecí, past participle parecido)

  1. to seem
    Me parece que...
    It seems to me that...
  2. to believe (pronominal use)
  3. to think (pronominal use)
    ¿Qué te parece si vamos al bar?
    What do you think about going to a bar?
  4. to strike (seem, appear, make an impression)
    Te voy a mandar una cosa que escribí el otro día, para ver que te parece.
    I am going to send you something that I wrote the other day, in order to see how it strikes you.
    ¿Te parece que cambiemos el día para el martes?
    How about we change the day to Tuesday?

Conjugation

  • Rule: c becomes a zc before a or o.
    Conjugation of parecer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive parecer
gerund pareciendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular parecido parecida
plural parecidos parecidas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present parezco parecestú
parecésvos		 parece parecemos parecéis parecen
imperfect parecía parecías parecía parecíamos parecíais parecían
preterite parecí pareciste pareció parecimos parecisteis parecieron
future pareceré parecerás parecerá pareceremos pareceréis parecerán
conditional parecería parecerías parecería pareceríamos pareceríais parecerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present parezca parezcas parezca parezcamos parezcáis parezcan
imperfect
(ra)		 pareciera parecieras pareciera pareciéramos parecierais parecieran
imperfect
(se)		 pareciese parecieses pareciese pareciésemos parecieseis pareciesen
future1 pareciere parecieres pareciere pareciéremos pareciereis parecieren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative parecetú
parecévos		 parezca parezcamos pareced parezcan
negative no parezcas no parezca no parezcamos no parezcáis no parezcan
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-er_(conjugation_c-zc)'>Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation c-zc)</a>
        Selected combined forms of pareceredit data

    These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    with infinitive parecer
    dative parecerme parecerte parecerle, parecerse parecernos pareceros parecerles, parecerse
    accusative parecerme parecerte parecerlo, parecerla, parecerse parecernos pareceros parecerlos, parecerlas, parecerse
    with gerund pareciendo
    dative pareciéndome pareciéndote pareciéndole, pareciéndose pareciéndonos pareciéndoos pareciéndoles, pareciéndose
    accusative pareciéndome pareciéndote pareciéndolo, pareciéndola, pareciéndose pareciéndonos pareciéndoos pareciéndolos, pareciéndolas, pareciéndose
    with informal second-person singular imperative parece
    dative paréceme parécete parécele parécenos not used paréceles
    accusative paréceme parécete parécelo, parécela parécenos not used parécelos, parécelas
    with formal second-person singular imperative parezca
    dative parézcame not used parézcale, parézcase parézcanos not used parézcales
    accusative parézcame not used parézcalo, parézcala, parézcase parézcanos not used parézcalos, parézcalas
    with first-person plural imperative parezcamos
    dative not used parezcámoste parezcámosle parezcámonos parezcámoos parezcámosles
    accusative not used parezcámoste parezcámoslo, parezcámosla parezcámonos parezcámoos parezcámoslos, parezcámoslas
    with informal second-person plural imperative pareced
    dative parecedme not used parecedle parecednos pareceos parecedles
    accusative parecedme not used parecedlo, parecedla parecednos pareceos parecedlos, parecedlas
    with formal second-person plural imperative parezcan
    dative parézcanme not used parézcanle parézcannos not used parézcanles, parézcanse
    accusative parézcanme not used parézcanlo, parézcanla parézcannos not used parézcanlos, parézcanlas, parézcanse

    Noun

    parecer m (plural pareceres)

    1. appearance
    2. opinion

    Derived terms

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