parecerse

parecerse

► verbo pronominal

1 to be alike, look like

■ se parecen mucho they're very much alike

■ el pequeño se parece mucho a su padre the little one looks just like his father

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to resemble, look alike

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VPR

1) (=asemejarse)

parecerse a algn — [en el aspecto] to look like sb, be like sb; [en el carácter] to be like sb

en esta foto se parece mucho a su abuelo — in this photo he looks o is a lot like his grandfather

el retrato no se le parece — the portrait isn't a bit like him

es muy sensible, se parece a su madre — she's very sensitive, she's like her mother

parecerse a algo — to look like sth, be like sth

su jersey se parece al mío — his jumper looks o is like mine

ni cosa que se parezca — nor anything of the sort

2) [uso recíproco] [en el aspecto] to look alike, be alike; [en el carácter] to be alike

son hermanas pero no se parecen mucho — they're sisters but they don't look o they aren't very much alike

¿en qué se parecen estos dos objetos? — what's the similarity between these two objects?, in what way are these two objects alike?

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(v.) = bear + similarity, look + alike, take after

Ex. If one walks round a large general booskshop and carefully appraises the stock on display it becomes clear quite quickly that there are many types of books which seem to bear a strong similarity to each other.

Ex. No two paper moulds of the hand-press period were ever precisely identical, and individual moulds can be identified by their paper images; even the two moulds of a pair, which were deliberately made to look alike, can be told apart by the paper made in them.

Ex. Libraries are like chameleons: they take after the complexion of society.

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(v.) = bear + similarity, look + alike, take after

Ex: If one walks round a large general booskshop and carefully appraises the stock on display it becomes clear quite quickly that there are many types of books which seem to bear a strong similarity to each other.

Ex: No two paper moulds of the hand-press period were ever precisely identical, and individual moulds can be identified by their paper images; even the two moulds of a pair, which were deliberately made to look alike, can be told apart by the paper made in them.

Ex: Libraries are like chameleons: they take after the complexion of society.

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■parecerse verbo reflexivo
1 (asemejarse, tener afinidad) to be alike: el catalán y el francés se parecen bastante, Catalan and French are quite alike
2 (tener parecido físico) to look like, resemble: me parezco a mi padre, I look like my father
¿To seem, to look o to appear?
En general, to seem, to look y to appear tienen el mismo significado. Los tres llevan adjetivos en lugar de adverbios: Parece muy enfadado. He looks/ seems/ appears very angry. Cuando van seguidos de un sustantivo, debes usar la construcción to appear/seem + to be + sustantivo o look like + sustantivo: Parece (ser) un hombre muy religioso. He appears/ seems to be a very religious man o he looks like a very religious man. Recuerda que tanto to look como to look like se refieren exclusivamente al aspecto físico.
'parecerse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gomina
- salir
- tirar
- gota
- parecer
English:
alike
- bear
- differ
- image
- resemble
- similar
- take after
- take

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vpr

to be alike (en in);

se parecen mucho en sus gustos they have very similar tastes;

no se parecen en nada [personas, cosas] they are not at all alike;

parecerse a alguien [físicamente] to look like sb;

[en carácter] to be like sb;

nos parecemos bastante [físicamente] we look quite similar;

[en carácter] we're very similar;

no tenemos yate ni nada que se le parezca we haven't got a yacht or anything (like that)

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parecerse

v/r resemble each other;

parecerse a alguien resemble s.o., be like s.o.;

ese chico se parece a tu novio that guy looks like your boyfriend

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vr

parecerse a : to resemble

parecer nm

1) opinión: opinion

2) aspecto: appearance

al parecer: apparently

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parecerse vb

1. (en apariencia) to look alike

el padre y su hijo se parecen the father and his son look alike

te pareces a tu madre you look like your mother

2. (en carácter, contenido) to be similar

las situaciones se parecen the situations are similar