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parecer

/paɾeˈseɾ/ verb A2
  1. to seem, to see fit · El caballo parece muerto. The horse seems dead.· Me parece que... It seems to me that...
  2. to look like, to seem like · Parece que dejó de llover. It looks like it stopped raining.· Parece que sí. It seems so.
  3. to believe (pronominal)
  4. to think (pronominal) · ¿Qué te parece si vamos al bar? What do you think about going to a bar?
  5. to strike (seem, appear, make an impression) · Te voy a mandar una cosa que escribí el otro día, para ver qué 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?
  6. to be like, to take after, to resemble (reflexive) · Ella se parece a su papá. She looks like her father.· Te pareces a tu padre. You look like your father.
  7. to perceive
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Verb forms

Infinitive
parecer
Gerund
pareciendo
Past participle
parecido
Present (yo)
parezco
Preterite (yo)
parecí

An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.

From the library

Que el sayo, al parecer nuevo por fuera,
Rimas, p. 13 · C1
Me parece en el cielo de la tarde
Rimas, p. 6 · C1
Me parece posible arrancarme
Rimas, p. 5 · C1
Me parece posible á do brillan
Rimas, p. 5 · C1

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