sembrare

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See also: sembraré

Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan semblar, from Late Latin similāre, a verb based on Latin similis (similar). More or less a doublet of somigliare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /semˈbra.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: sem‧brà‧re

Verb

sembràre (first-person singular present sémbro, first-person singular past historic sembrài, past participle sembràto, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

  1. to seem, to look (like), to appear
    Le cose non sono sempre come sembrano.Things are not always as they appear.
  2. to sound, taste or feel (like)
  3. (impersonal) to seem

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References

  • sembrare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Verb

sembrare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of sembrar