parecer
Spanish, noun/paɾeˈθeɾ/
parecer is spelled P-A-R-E-C-E-R (7 letters) and appears 66 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,314th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parecer is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “opinion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Idea, juicio o modo de pensar sobre algo cuestionable o dudoso”.
What does parecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to seem, to see fit
El caballo parece muerto.
- 2
to look like, to seem like
Parece que dejó de llover.
- 3
to believe
- 4
to think
¿Qué te parece si vamos al bar?
- 5
to strike (seem, appear, make an impression)
Te voy a mandar una cosa que escribí el otro día, para ver qué te parece.
- 6
to be like, to take after, to resemble
Ella se parece a su papá.
- 7
to perceive
- 8
rareto appear
noun
- 1
archaicmasculineappearance (used generally when a person is pretty)
- 2
masculineopinion
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tener cierto aspecto o apariencia; verse o ser considerado de determinada manera.
verb: 1. Causar cierta opinión, impresión o idea, con un matiz de duda. 2. Dejarse ver o hacerse presente. 3. Hacerse visible o presente algo que se había perdido.
noun: 1. Idea, juicio o modo de pensar sobre algo cuestionable o dudoso. 2. Forma en que se disponen las facciones y el cuerpo de alguien.
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 parecer
- parezco first-person present singular
- parecí first-person preterite singular
- parecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- pareciendo gerund
- parecida feminine participle past
- parecidos masculine participle past
- parecidas feminine participle past
- pareces indicative informal present
- parecés indicative informal present
- parece indicative present singular
- parecemos first-person indicative plural
- parecéis indicative plural present
- parecen indicative plural present
- parecía first-person imperfect indicative
- parecías imperfect indicative second-person
- parecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- parecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce parecer?
- /paɾeˈθeɾ/
- [pa.ɾeˈθeɾ]
- /paɾeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to parecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parecer in Spanish?
parecer appears 66 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).