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Etymology
From aparent + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
aparentar (first-person singular present aparento, first-person singular preterite aparentí, past participle aparentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- to feign, to pretend
2017 January 4, Iosu de la Torre, “La guerra de les Campos ocupa (gairebé) totes les portades”, in El Periódico:La guerra de les Campos té dos bàndols al quiosc malgrat que les capçaleres intentin aparentar neutralitat.- The war of Las Campos has two factions at the newsstand, although the headlines are trying to feign neutrality.
- to appear, to seem
2017 January 4, Toni Aira, “'Empollons' i ianquis”, in El Periódico:N'hi ha que, fora del Partit Popular, encara es pregunten si realment la figura del director del Gabinet de Presidència, Jorge Moragas, és tan determinant com aparenta a l'hora de decidir tant l'acció política com el discurs de Rajoy.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
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Portuguese
Etymology
From aparente + -ar.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧pa‧ren‧tar
Verb
aparentar (first-person singular present aparento, first-person singular preterite aparentei, past participle aparentado)
- to pretend, feign
- to appear, seem
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From aparente + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apaɾenˈtaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧pa‧ren‧tar
Verb
aparentar (first-person singular present aparento, first-person singular preterite aparenté, past participle aparentado)
- to pretend, feign, front
- Synonym: fingir
- to appear, seem
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of aparentar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive aparentar
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dative
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aparentarme
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aparentarte
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aparentarle, aparentarse
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aparentarnos
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aparentaros
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aparentarles, aparentarse
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accusative
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aparentarme
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aparentarte
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aparentarlo, aparentarla, aparentarse
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aparentarnos
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aparentaros
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aparentarlos, aparentarlas, aparentarse
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with gerund aparentando
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dative
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aparentándome
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aparentándote
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aparentándole, aparentándose
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aparentándonos
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aparentándoos
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aparentándoles, aparentándose
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accusative
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aparentándome
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aparentándote
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aparentándolo, aparentándola, aparentándose
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aparentándonos
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aparentándoos
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aparentándolos, aparentándolas, aparentándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative aparenta
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dative
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aparéntame
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aparéntate
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aparéntale
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aparéntanos
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not used
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aparéntales
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accusative
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aparéntame
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aparéntate
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aparéntalo, aparéntala
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aparéntanos
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not used
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aparéntalos, aparéntalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative aparentá
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dative
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aparentame
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aparentate
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aparentale
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aparentanos
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not used
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aparentales
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accusative
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aparentame
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aparentate
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aparentalo, aparentala
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aparentanos
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not used
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aparentalos, aparentalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative aparente
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dative
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aparénteme
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not used
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aparéntele, aparéntese
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aparéntenos
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not used
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aparénteles
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accusative
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aparénteme
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not used
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aparéntelo, aparéntela, aparéntese
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aparéntenos
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not used
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aparéntelos, aparéntelas
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with first-person plural imperative aparentemos
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dative
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not used
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aparentémoste
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aparentémosle
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aparentémonos
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aparentémoos
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aparentémosles
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accusative
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not used
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aparentémoste
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aparentémoslo, aparentémosla
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aparentémonos
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aparentémoos
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aparentémoslos, aparentémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative aparentad
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dative
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aparentadme
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not used
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aparentadle
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aparentadnos
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aparentaos
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aparentadles
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accusative
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aparentadme
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not used
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aparentadlo, aparentadla
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aparentadnos
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aparentaos
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aparentadlos, aparentadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative aparenten
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dative
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aparéntenme
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not used
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aparéntenle
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aparéntennos
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not used
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aparéntenles, aparéntense
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accusative
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aparéntenme
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not used
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aparéntenlo, aparéntenla
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aparéntennos
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not used
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aparéntenlos, aparéntenlas, aparéntense
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