# parecer
## Galician
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (standard) IPA: /ˌpaɾeˈθeɾ/
* (dialectal, western) IPA: /ˌpaɾeˈseɾ/

### Verb

parecer (first-person singular present parezo, first-person singular preterite parecín, past participle parecido)
* to seem, appear

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “parecer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “parecer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [pa.ɾeˈse(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [pa.ɾeˈse(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pa.ɾeˈse(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pa.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [pa.ɾeˈse(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pa.ɾeˈse(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾɨˈseɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾɨˈseɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾɨˈse.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pa‧re‧cer

#### Verb

parecer (first-person singular present pareço, first-person singular preterite pareci, past participle parecido)
* (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)
* (pronominal) to resemble [with com ‘someone/something’]

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

Nominalization of Etymology 1.

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.ɾeˈseʁ/ [pa.ɾeˈseh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.ɾeˈseʁ/ [pa.ɾeˈseh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pa.ɾeˈseɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pa.ɾeˈseʁ/ [pa.ɾeˈseχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pa.ɾeˈseɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾɨˈseɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾɨˈseɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾɨˈse.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pa‧re‧cer

#### Noun

parecer m (plural pareceres)
* expert opinion, advice, assessment, evaluation

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pārēscere, from Latin pārēre.

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

parecer (first-person singular present parezco, first-person singular preterite parecí, past participle parecido)
* (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 parezca ― as you see fit; as one sees fit
* (pronominal) to believe
* (pronominal) to think
    ¿Qué te parece si vamos al bar?What do you think about going to a bar?
* 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?
* (reflexive) to be like, to take after, to resemble
* to perceive

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* casa mía, casa mía, por pequeña que tú seas, me pareces una abadía
* parece mentira
* por lo que parece

#### Related terms

* aparecer
* parecerse
* parecido

### Noun

parecer m (plural pareceres)
* (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
* opinion
    Synonyms: opinión, idea

#### Derived terms

* al parecer

### Further reading

* “parecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10