parecer

to seem; to appear

verb pah-reh-SEHR Common

Also means

to look like

Usage Note

Parecer works like gustar: the thing that seems goes in the subject position, and the experiencer is marked with an indirect-object pronoun — me parece bien ('it seems fine to me'). Parecerse a (reflexive) means 'to resemble': te pareces a tu madre ('you look like your mother'). The two uses are distinct and easy to conflate.

Examples

"Parece que va a llover."

Natural Translation

It seems like it's going to rain.

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