Parecer Flashcards

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parecer = to look like
I look like a nun when I wear it. (a dress)

A

Parezco monja cuando me lo pongo. (un vestido)

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And what is wrong with being a nun?
Well, nothing really.

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Y qué tiene mal para ser monja?
No pues nada en realidad.

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Simply I don’t want to look like a nun,

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Simplemente, no me gusta parecer monja.

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Look in this photo, I’m wearing it.

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Mira, en esta foto lo traigo puesto.

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Let’s see. You don’t look like a nun. You look like Merlina Adams.

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A ver. No pareces monja. Pareces Merlina Adams.

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Let’s see. We look like ghosts.

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A ver. Parecemos fantasmas.

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Hey, yes, look, I have more photos of that day.
My cousin looks drunk.
No, she doesn’t seem to be, she was drunk.

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Oye, sí, mira, tengo más fotos de ese día. Mi prima parece borracha.
No, no parece, estaba borracha.

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Look, here are those from the soccer team. They look like clones, all with the same outfit and the same hairstyle.

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Mira, aquí están los del equipo de fútbol. Parecen clones todos con el mismo outfit y el mismo peinado.

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Girls, what are you doing? Come down to have lunch already.

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Niñas, qué hacen? Ya bajen a comer.

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And y’all sit properly. You don’t look like ladies when y’all are seated like that… sprawled about.

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Y siéntense bien. No parecen señoritas cuando se sientan así todas….. desparramadas.

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I look like a nun.

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Parezco monja.

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You look like Merlina Adams.

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Pareces Merlina Adams.

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She seems (looks) drunk.

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Parece borracha.

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We look like ghosts.

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Parecemos fantasmas.

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You don’t look like ladies sitting down like that.

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No parecen señorita sentadas así.

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Use parece in the third person to give the impression of being certain and expressing your opinion. When we use parecer together with the words: que, como si, o como que, we always conjugate in the 3rd person singular, that is, we only use the word parece.

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Utilice parece en tercera persona para dar la impresión de ser cierto y expresar su opinión. Cuando usamos el verbo parecer junto con las palabras: que, como sí, o como que, siempre lo conjugamos en tercera persona del singular, o sea solamente usamos la palabra parece.

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When we use parecer together with the words: que, como si, o como que, we always conjugate in the 3rd person singular.
I think you should subscribe.

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Cuando usamos el verbo parecer junto con las palabras: que, como sí, o como que, siempre lo conjugamos en tercera persona del singular.
Me parece que deberías suscribirte.

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When we use parecer together with the words: que, como si, o como que, we always conjugate in the 3rd person singular.
We think that using chunks is the fastest way to learn Spanish.

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Nos parece que usar chunks es la forma más rapida para aprender español.

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When we use parecer together with the words: que, como si, o como que, we always conjugate in the 3rd person singular.
My mom says it seems like I don’t put on makeup for my YouTube lessons. She says I should put on more makeup. What do you think?

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Mi mamá dice que parece como si no me maquillara para mis lecciones de YouTube. Dice que debería maquillar más. ¿A ustedes qué les parece?

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When we use parecer together with the words: que, como si, o como que, we always conjugate in the 3rd person singular. Often the indirect complement is used before parecer (A menudo se usa el complemento indirecto antes de parecer - me,te,le,nos,les).
It seems to me that if you don’t like this dress, you should take it out of your closet.

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Me parece que si este vestido no te gusta, deberías de sacarlo de tu clóset.

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Well, it’s just that, I don’t know, maybe I could wear it one day.

A

Bueno, es que, no sé, tal vez podría usar algún día.

22
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Like for what? If you said that you look like as if you were a nun.

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¿Cómo para que? Si dijiste que pareces como que eres monja.

23
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I don’t know, maybe for a funeral.

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No sé, tal vez para un funeral.

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I, I don’t think it’s good to keep it.

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A mí no me parece bien que lo guardes.

25
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1dkCRFER9A

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