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BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE VERB

parecer

to seem, to look

  • #26 most used
  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: parecendo
  • Past participle: parecido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. eu I seem
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you seem
  3. nós we seem
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all seem

Past

Pretérito Perfeito · finished actions

  1. eu I seemed
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you seemed
  3. nós we seemed
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all seemed

Future

Futuro com ir · plans: “going to”

  1. eu I am going to seem
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you are going to seem
  3. nós we are going to seem
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all are going to seem

Imperfect

Pretérito Imperfeito · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. eu I used to seem
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you used to seem
  3. nós we used to seem
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all used to seem

Conditional

Futuro do Pretérito · “would”

  1. eu I would seem
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente you would seem
  3. nós we would seem
  4. vocês, eles, elas you all would seem

Present subjunctive

Presente do Subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. eu (that) I seem
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (that) you seem
  3. nós (that) we seem
  4. vocês, eles, elas (that) you all seem

Past subjunctive

Imperfeito do Subjuntivo · “if I were”, “se …”

  1. eu (if) I seemed
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (if) you seemed
  3. nós (if) we seemed
  4. vocês, eles, elas (if) you all seemed

Future subjunctive

Futuro do Subjuntivo · “when” and “if” about the future

  1. eu (when) I seem
  2. você, ele, ela, a gente (when) you seem
  3. nós (when) we seem
  4. vocês, eles, elas (when) you all seem

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders

  1. você seem!
  2. vocês seem! (all of you)

How to use parecer

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Parece que vai chover hoje à tarde.

    It looks like it's going to rain this afternoon.

  2. Past

    Ele pareceu cansado na reunião de ontem.

    He seemed tired in yesterday's meeting.

  3. Future

    Com essa roupa, você vai parecer mais velho.

    In those clothes, you're going to look older.

  4. Imperfect

    Ela parecia feliz com a notícia.

    She seemed happy about the news.

  5. Conditional

    Sem a barba, você pareceria mais novo.

    Without the beard, you'd look younger.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Por mais que pareça difícil, você consegue.

    However hard it seems, you can do it.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Se parecesse fácil, todo mundo faria.

    If it seemed easy, everyone would do it.

  8. Future subjunctive

    Se parecer caro demais, a gente procura outro.

    If it seems too expensive, we'll look for another.

  9. Imperative

    Pareça tranquilo na entrevista, mesmo nervoso.

    Look calm in the interview, even if you're nervous.

Good to know

  • "Parece que" is "it looks like"; "me parece" is "it seems to me".
  • "Parecer com" is to look like someone: ela parece com a mãe.

Where you hear parecer

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Brazilian Portuguese · Beginner Level 1

  • Parece fácil. It looks easy.
  • Pareceu difícil. It seemed hard.
  • Vai parecer fácil amanhã. It's going to seem easy tomorrow.

Brazilian Portuguese · Intermediate Level 3

  • Parece que vai chover. It looks like it's going to rain.
  • Pareceu uma eternidade. It seemed like an eternity.
  • Daqui a um ano, isso vai parecer um sonho. A year from now, this is going to seem like a dream.
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Do You Have Brothers and Sisters?

Beginner Level 1 · Não parece!

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Apparently, You Survived the Cold

Intermediate Level 3 · parece que

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.