parecer
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Parecer means 'to seem.' Yo form: parezco (c→zc like conocer). Used often with indirect object: me parece bien. All other present forms are regular. Many -ecer verbs follow this (conocer, merecer).
Conjugation
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Subjuntivo
Subjunctive
Tiempo
Presente de subjuntivo
Present Subjunctive
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Indicativo — Indicative
Subjuntivo — Subjunctive
Imperativo — Imperative
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Formas impersonales
These are the non‑finite verb forms used in combinations and constructions.
- Infinitivo — parecer
- Infinitivo compuesto — haber parecido
- Gerundio — pareciendo
- Gerundio compuesto — habiendo parecido
- Participio — parecido
Key forms
yo
parezco
tú
pareces
él/ella
parece
Use the present perfect for past actions that have a connection to the present or recent past.
Key forms
yo
he parecido
tú
has parecido
él/ella
ha parecido
Use the preterite to describe completed past actions with a clear beginning or end.
Key forms
yo
parecí
tú
pareciste
él/ella
pareció
Use the imperfect to describe ongoing, habitual, or background actions in the past.
Key forms
yo
parecía
tú
parecías
él/ella
parecía
Use the pluperfect (pluscuamperfecto) for past actions completed before another past action.
Key forms
yo
había parecido
tú
habías parecido
él/ella
había parecido
Use for past-before-past; mainly literary.
Key forms
yo
hube parecido
tú
hubiste parecido
él/ella
hubo parecido
Use the future to express actions that will happen, predictions, or probability.
Key forms
yo
pareceré
tú
parecerás
él/ella
parecerá
Use the conditional for hypothetical situations, polite requests, or future in the past.
Key forms
yo
parecería
tú
parecerías
él/ella
parecería
Use the future perfect for actions that will have been completed by a future time.
Key forms
yo
habré parecido
tú
habrás parecido
él/ella
habrá parecido
Use the conditional perfect for hypothetical past actions or actions that would have been completed.
Key forms
yo
habría parecido
tú
habrías parecido
él/ella
habría parecido
Use the present subjunctive for wishes, doubts, emotions, and after certain conjunctions.
Key forms
yo
parezca
tú
parezcas
él/ella
parezca
Use for past actions with present relevance in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
haya parecido
tú
hayas parecido
él/ella
haya parecido
Use for hypothetical or reported past (e.g. Si viviera…).
Key forms
yo
pareciera (pareciese)
tú
parecieras (parecieses)
él/ella
pareciera (pareciese)
Use for past-before-past in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiera parecido (hubiese parecido)
tú
hubieras parecido (hubieses parecido)
él/ella
hubiera parecido (hubiese parecido)
Rare; legal/formal style.
Key forms
yo
pareciere
tú
parecieres
él/ella
pareciere
Rare; future perfect in subjunctive contexts.
Key forms
yo
hubiere parecido
tú
hubieres parecido
él/ella
hubiere parecido
Affirmative imperative only. Negative imperative is available as a separate tense.
Key forms
yo
—
tú
parece
él/ella
parezca
Negative commands: use No + form (e.g. No hables.).
Key forms
yo
—
tú
parezcas
él/ella
parezca
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