Present
Presente · now, habits and facts
- yo I look like
- tú you look like
- usted, él, ella he/she looks like
- nosotros we look like
- vosotros Spain you all look like
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they look like
SPANISH VERB
parecerse
to look like, to resemble
- #482 most used
- Regular -er verb
- Gerund: pareciéndose
- Past participle: parecido
Conjugation
Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.
Past
Pretérito indefinido · finished actions
- yo I looked like
- tú you looked like
- usted, él, ella he/she looked like
- nosotros we looked like
- vosotros Spain you all looked like
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they looked like
Imperfect
Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”
- yo I used to look like
- tú you used to look like
- usted, él, ella he/she used to look like
- nosotros we used to look like
- vosotros Spain you all used to look like
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to look like
Future
Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common
- yo I will look like
- tú you will look like
- usted, él, ella he/she will look like
- nosotros we will look like
- vosotros Spain you all will look like
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they will look like
Conditional
Condicional · “would”
- yo I would look like
- tú you would look like
- usted, él, ella he/she would look like
- nosotros we would look like
- vosotros Spain you all would look like
- ustedes, ellos, ellas they would look like
Present subjunctive
Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”
- yo (that) I look like
- tú (that) you look like
- usted, él, ella (that) he/she look like
- nosotros (that) we look like
- vosotros Spain (that) you all look like
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they look like
Past subjunctive
Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”
- yo (if) I looked like
- tú (if) you looked like
- usted, él, ella (if) he/she looked like
- nosotros (if) we looked like
- vosotros Spain (if) you all looked like
- ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they looked like
Imperative
Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)
- tú look like!
- usted look like! (formal)
- nosotros look like! (let’s)
- vosotros Spain look like! (all of you)
- ustedes look like! (all of you)
How to use parecerse
One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.
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Present
Mi hija se parece muchísimo a su abuela.
My daughter looks a lot like her grandmother.
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Past
Nunca me parecí a mi hermano, ni de niño.
I never looked like my brother, not even as a kid.
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Imperfect
Antes Sergio se parecía mucho a su padre.
Sergio used to look a lot like his father.
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Future
Ya verás, el bebé se parecerá a ti.
You'll see, the baby will look like you.
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Conditional
Con el pelo corto te parecerías a tu madre.
With short hair you'd look like your mother.
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Present subjunctive
Es normal que te parezcas a tu padre, eres su hijo.
It's normal that you look like your father, you're his son.
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Past subjunctive
No sabía que el barrio se pareciera tanto a Triana.
I didn't know the neighbourhood looked so much like Triana.
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Imperative
¡Parécete a tu abuelo, que era un hombre bueno!
Take after your grandfather, he was a good man!
Good to know
- "Parecerse a alguien" is to look like someone; "parecer" alone is to seem: parece cansado.
Where you hear parecerse
The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.
Spanish · Advanced Level 1
- Este barrio se parece un poco al mío. This neighbourhood looks a bit like mine.
- La casa se parecía a la de mi abuela. The house looked like my grandmother's.
- El patio se va a parecer al de la foto. The patio is going to look like the one in the photo.
Spanish · Advanced Level 2
- Mi hermana y yo no nos parecemos nada. My sister and I don't look alike at all.
- De niña, Valeria se parecía a su padre. As a little girl, Valeria looked like her father.
- Isabel se va a parecer a Diego. Isabel is going to look like Diego.
Verbs like this one
The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -er verb.