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B1-er verbregular

parecer

To seem — and, with a pronoun, the normal way to ask what someone thinks.

Quick answer

parecer · parezco, pareces, parece, parecemos, parecéis, parecen

to seem, to look like. Fully regular, so the endings carry over to every other -er verb.

Conjugation

PersonPresentPreteriteImperfectFuture
yoparezcoparecíparecíapareceré
túparecesparecisteparecíasparecerás
él / ella / ustedpareceparecióparecíaparecerá
nosotrosparecemosparecimosparecíamospareceremos
vosotrosparecéisparecisteisparecíaispareceréis
ellos / ustedesparecenparecieronparecíanparecerán

Orange marks a form you cannot guess from the rules.

Non-finiteForm
gerundpareciendo
past participleparecido
imperative (tú)parece
subjunctive (yo)parezca

Which form to learn first

¿qué te parece? It is the Spanish “what do you reckon?”, and you will hear it daily.

Where you will actually use it

¿Qué te parece?What do you think?
Me parece bien.Sounds good to me.
Parece fácil.It looks easy.
Parece que va a llover.It looks like it’s going to rain.
Te pareces a tu padre.You look like your father — parecerse a.
Al parecer, no vienen.Apparently they’re not coming.

Typical mistakes

¿Qué piensas de mi idea? — Me parezco bien.

Me parece bien.

The opinion works like gustar: the thing seems good to me, so it is parece.

Yo pareco cansado.

Yo parezco cansado.

-cer verbs insert a z in the yo form: parezco, conozco, ofrezco.

Te pareces tu padre.

Te pareces a tu padre.

Resembling someone needs a.

Check yourself

___ que va a llover.

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