parecer

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese parecer, from Vulgar Latin *pārēscere, from Latin pārēre.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˌpaɾeˈθeɾ/
  • (dialectal, western) IPA(key): /ˌpaɾeˈseɾ/

Verb

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

  1. to seem, appear

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese parecer, from Vulgar Latin *pārēscere, from Latin pārēre.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: pa‧re‧cer

Verb

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

  1. (copulative or auxiliary) to seem
    O Jorge parece estar feliz.George seems to be happy.
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with com) to resemble
Conjugation
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:parecer.

Etymology 2

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: pa‧re‧cer

Noun

parecer m (plural pareceres)

  1. expert opinion, advice, assessment, evaluation
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:parecer.

Further reading

  • parecer” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pārēscere, from Latin pārēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /paɾeˈθeɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /paɾeˈseɾ/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: pa‧re‧cer

Verb

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

  1. (impersonal) to seem, to see fit
    El caballo parece muerto.The horse seems dead.
    Me parece que...It seems to me that...
    como mejor le parezcaas you see fit; as one sees fit
  2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to believe
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to think
    ¿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?
  5. (reflexive) to be like, to take after, to resemble
  6. to perceive

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Noun

parecer m (plural pareceres)

  1. (archaic) appearance (used generally when a person is pretty)
    • (Can we date this quote?) Bible, Genesis 29.17:
      Y los ojos de Lea eran tiernos, pero Rachêl era de lindo semblante y de hermoso parecer.
      Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
      (KJV)
    Synonym: apariencia
  2. opinion
    Synonyms: opinión, idea

Derived terms

Further reading