aparentar
Spanish, verb/apaɾenˈtaɾ/
aparentar is spelled A-P-A-R-E-N-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,761st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aparentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to pretend, feign, front” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Manifestar o dar a entender lo que no es o no hay. Dar una impresión falsa para salvar las apariencias”.
What does aparentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pretend, feign, front
- 2
to appear, seem
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Manifestar o dar a entender lo que no es o no hay. Dar una impresión falsa para salvar las apariencias. 2. Tener la fisonomía que corresponde a su edad; parecer de la edad que se tiene.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of aparentar
- aparento first-person present singular
- aparenté first-person preterite singular
- aparentado participle past
- aparentando gerund
- aparentada feminine participle past
- aparentados masculine participle past
- aparentadas feminine participle past
- aparentas indicative informal present
- aparentás indicative informal present
- aparenta indicative present singular
- aparentamos first-person indicative plural
- aparentáis indicative plural present
- aparentan indicative plural present
- aparentaba first-person imperfect indicative
- aparentabas imperfect indicative second-person
- aparentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- aparentabais imperfect indicative plural
- aparentaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aparentar?
- /apaɾenˈtaɾ/
- [a.pa.ɾẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [apaɾẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aparentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aparentar in Spanish?
aparentar appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).