semblar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan semblar, from Late Latin similāre, a verb based on Latin similis (“alike”). Compare Occitan semblar, French sembler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

semblar (first-person singular present semblo, first-person singular preterite semblí, past participle semblat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (impersonal) to seem, look

   Synonyms: parèixer, semblar se

   Sembla que vagi a ploure.

   It seems that it's going to rain.

2. to look like, resemble

   Synonym: assemblar-se

Conjugation

Related terms

• semblant
• semblança

Descendants

• → Spanish: semblar

References

• “semblar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “semblar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English seem, French sembler, Italian sembrare, ultimately from Late Latin similāre, present active infinitive of similō.

Verb

semblar (present tense semblas, past tense semblis, future tense semblos, imperative semblez, conditional semblus)

1. (intransitive) to seem, appear (to be)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of semblar

		present		past		future
infinitive		semblar		semblir		semblor
tense		semblas		semblis		semblos
conditional		semblus
imperative		semblez
adjective active participle		semblanta		semblinta		semblonta
adverbial active participle		semblante		semblinte		semblonte
nominal active participle	singular	semblanto		semblinto		semblonto
	plural	semblanti		semblinti		semblonti

Derived terms

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Late Latin similāre, a verb derived from Latin similis (“similar”). Compare Old French sembler.

Verb

semblar

1. seem; to appear

Descendants

• Occitan: semblar
• → Italian: sembrare, sembiare, semblare
• → Portuguese: sembrar
• → Spanish: semblar (archaic)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Catalan or Old Occitan semblar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /semˈblaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sem‧blar

Verb

semblar (first-person singular present semblo, first-person singular preterite semblé, past participle semblado)

1. (intransitive, archaic) to look like, resemble, seem

   Synonym: semejar

Conjugation

Further reading

• “semblar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014