parecer

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

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

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

1. to seem, appear

• “parecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “parecer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

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

• Hyphenation: pa‧re‧cer

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.

   • 2002, Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Antropologia, Saúde e Envelhecimento, SciELO Books, Editora FIOCRUZ, →ISBN, page 81:

     Ah, hoje o individualismo tomou conta da população. Cada um ‘primeiro eu’, depois eu, depois eu, depois eu, depois a minha mãe... e olhe lá. E olhe lá... Não, hoje a coisa tá desse jeito. Por incrível que pareça... é verdade.

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2. (pronominal) to resemble

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

• Hyphenation: pa‧re‧cer

parecer m (plural pareceres)

1. expert opinion, advice, assessment, evaluation

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

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pārēscere, from Latin pārēre.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /paɾeˈθeɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /paɾeˈseɾ/

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: pa‧re‧cer

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 parezca ― as you see fit; as one sees fit

2. (pronominal) to believe
3. (pronominal) 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

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

• “parecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10