Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I look one's age
- tú you look one's age
- usted, él, ella he/she looks one's age
- nosotros we look one's age
- vosotros Spain you all look one's age
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they look one's age
SPANISH VERB
aparentar
to look one's age, to seem
- Regular -ar verb
- Gerund: aparentando
- Past participle: aparentado
Conjugation
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Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I looked one's age
- tú you looked one's age
- usted, él, ella he/she looked one's age
- nosotros we looked one's age
- vosotros Spain you all looked one's age
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they looked one's age
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to look one's age
- tú you used to look one's age
- usted, él, ella he/she used to look one's age
- nosotros we used to look one's age
- vosotros Spain you all used to look one's age
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to look one's age
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will look one's age
- tú you will look one's age
- usted, él, ella he/she will look one's age
- nosotros we will look one's age
- vosotros Spain you all will look one's age
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will look one's age
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would look one's age
- tú you would look one's age
- usted, él, ella he/she would look one's age
- nosotros we would look one's age
- vosotros Spain you all would look one's age
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would look one's age
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I look one's age
- tú (that) you look one's age
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she look one's age
- nosotros (that) we look one's age
- vosotros Spain (that) you all look one's age
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they look one's age
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I looked one's age
- tú (if) you looked one's age
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she looked one's age
- nosotros (if) we looked one's age
- vosotros Spain (if) you all looked one's age
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they looked one's age
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú look one's age!
- usted look one's age! (formal)
- nosotros look one's age! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain look one's age! (all of you)
- ustedes look one's age! (all of you)
How to use aparentar
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Tu madre no aparenta los sesenta que tiene.
Your mother doesn't look the sixty she is.
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Past
En la entrevista aparenté más calma de la que tenía.
In the interview I looked calmer than I felt.
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Imperfect
De joven, mi abuelo aparentaba menos años de los que tenía.
When he was young, my grandfather looked younger than he was.
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Future
¿Crees que con ese traje aparentaré más edad?
Do you think I'll look older in that suit?
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Conditional
Con el pelo corto aparentarías diez años menos.
With short hair you'd look ten years younger.
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Present subjunctive
No hace falta que aparentes nada delante de ellos.
There's no need to put on an act in front of them.
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Past subjunctive
Me pidieron que aparentara tranquilidad delante de los niños.
They asked me to seem calm in front of the children.
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Imperative
¡Aparenta un poco de interés, que es tu jefe!
Act a bit interested, he's your boss!
Good to know
- "No aparentas tu edad" is a compliment: you don't look your age. "Aparentar" is also to keep up appearances.
Where you hear aparentar
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Fluency Level 1
- Encarna no aparenta los años que tiene. Encarna doesn't look her age.
- En la boda, Encarna aparentaba sesenta. At the wedding, Encarna looked sixty.
- Con este vestido voy a aparentar menos. In this dress I'm going to look younger.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ar verb.