parecer

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Galician

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to seem, appear

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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pa‧re‧cer

Verb

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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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (pronominal) to resemble [with com ‘someone/something’]
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Etymology 2

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Nominalization of Etymology 1.

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  • Hyphenation: pa‧re‧cer

Noun

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parecer m (plural pareceres)

  1. expert opinion, advice, assessment, evaluation

Further reading

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pārēscere, from Latin pārēre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /paɾeˈθeɾ/ [pa.ɾeˈθeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /paɾeˈseɾ/ [pa.ɾeˈseɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: pa‧re‧cer

Verb

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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. (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

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Noun

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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

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