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181 parecerse
1 to be alike, look like* * *to resemble, look alike* * *VPR1) (=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
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
2) [uso recíproco] [en el aspecto] to look alike, be alike; [en el carácter] to be alikeson 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?
* * *(v.) = bear + similarity, look + alike, take afterEx. 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.* * *(v.) = bear + similarity, look + alike, take afterEx: 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.* * *
■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
* * *vprno 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)* * *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* * *vrparecerse a : to resembleparecer nm1) opinión: opinion2) aspecto: appearanceal parecer: apparently* * *parecerse vb1. (en apariencia) to look alike2. (en carácter, contenido) to be similar
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