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ITALIAN VERB

somigliare

to look like, to resemble (ti somiglia, she looks like you)

  • #462 most used
  • Irregular -are verb
  • Past participle: somigliato
  • Gerund: somigliando

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. io I look like
  2. tu you look like
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she looks like
  4. noi we look like
  5. voi you all look like
  6. loro they look like

Past

Passato prossimo · finished actions: “ho parlato”

  1. io I looked like
  2. tu you looked like
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she looked like
  4. noi we looked like
  5. voi you all looked like
  6. loro they looked like

Imperfect

Imperfetto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. io I used to look like
  2. tu you used to look like
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she used to look like
  4. noi we used to look like
  5. voi you all used to look like
  6. loro they used to look like

Future

Futuro semplice · plans and guesses

  1. io I will look like
  2. tu you will look like
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she will look like
  4. noi we will look like
  5. voi you all will look like
  6. loro they will look like

Conditional

Condizionale · “would”, polite requests

  1. io I would look like
  2. tu you would look like
  3. lui, lei, Lei he/she would look like
  4. noi we would look like
  5. voi you all would look like
  6. loro they would look like

Present subjunctive

Congiuntivo presente · wishes, doubts, “che …”

  1. io (that) I look like
  2. tu (that) you look like
  3. lui, lei, Lei (that) he/she look like
  4. noi (that) we look like
  5. voi (that) you all look like
  6. loro (that) they look like

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders: tu, Lei, noi, voi

  1. tu look like!
  2. Lei look like! (formal)
  3. noi look like! (let’s)
  4. voi look like! (all of you)

How to use somigliare

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

  1. Present

    Tua figlia ti somiglia tantissimo.

    Your daughter looks so much like you.

  2. Past

    Da bambino ho somigliato molto a mio padre.

    As a child I looked a lot like my father.

  3. Imperfect

    Da ragazza somigliava a un'attrice famosa.

    As a girl she looked like a famous actress.

  4. Future

    Crescendo somiglierà sempre più a te.

    As he grows he'll look more and more like you.

  5. Conditional

    Con i capelli corti somiglieresti a tua madre.

    With short hair you'd look like your mother.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Dicono tutti che io somigli allo zio Carlo.

    Everyone says I look like Uncle Carlo.

  7. Imperative

    Somigliagli pure, ma non copiarlo in tutto.

    Be like him if you want, but don't copy him in everything.

Good to know

  • Somigliare a: somiglia a suo padre. Assomigliare is the same verb with the same meaning.

Where you hear somigliare

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

Italian · Intermediate Level 3

  • Laura somiglia a sua nonna. Laura looks like her grandmother.
  • A vent'anni ho somigliato molto a mia madre. At twenty I looked a lot like my mother.
  • Tua figlia ti somiglierà. Your daughter will look like you.
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Intermediate Level 3 · Somigli a tua nonna.

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