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Parecer conjugation

Parecer conjugation - to appear

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Parecer is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to appear”.

Below are all of the conjugations for parecer in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.

The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.

The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.

Parecer Infinitive

English Infinitive to appear
Spanish Infinitive parecer

Parecer Gerund and Past Participle

The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está pareciendo) and past continuous (estaba pareciendo). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. appearing).

The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he parecido and hubiera parecido. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have appeared).

Gerundio / Gerund  pareciendo
Participio / Past Participle  parecido

Parecer Indicative Conjugations

The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.

Parecer Presente / Present

The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I appear” or “they appear”.

Pronoun Spanish
Yo parezco
pareces
Él / Ella / Usted parece
Nosotros / as parecemos
Vosotros / as parecéis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes parecen
Vos parecés

Parecer Preterite / Pretérito Indefinido

Your simple past tense, e.g. “I appeared” or “she appeared” in English.

In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo parecí I appeared
pareciste You appeared
Él / Ella / Usted pareció He / she / you appeared
Nosotros / as parecimos We appeared
Vosotros / as parecisteis You appeared
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes parecieron They / you appeared
Vos pareciste You appeared

Parecer Imperfect / Pretérito Imperfecto

The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was appearing” or “she was appearing” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo parecía I was appearing
parecías You were appearing
Él / Ella / Usted parecía He was / she was / you were appearing
Nosotros / as parecíamos We were appearing
Vosotros / as parecíais You were appearing
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes parecían They / you were appearing
Vos parecías You were appearing

Parecer Perfect / Perfecto

The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.

In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have appeared” and “she has appeared”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo he parecido I have appeared
has parecido You have appeared
Él / Ella / Usted ha parecido He has / she has / you have appeared
Nosotros / as hemos parecido We have appeared
Vosotros / as habéis parecido You have appeared
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes han parecido They / you have appeared
Vos has parecido You have appeared

Parecer Conditional / Condicional

The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would appear” or “she would appear”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.

Pronoun Spanish Englush
Yo parecería I would appear
parecerías You would appear
Él / Ella / Usted parecería He / she / you would appear
Nosotros / as pareceríamos We would appear
Vosotros / as pareceríais You would appear
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes parecerían They / you would appear
Vos parecerías You would appear

Parecer Future / Futuro

The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will appear” or “they will appear”.

It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a parecer” means “They are going to appear”.

Pronoun Spanish English
Yo pareceré I will appear
parecerás You will appear
Él / Ella / Usted parecerá He / she / you will appear
Nosotros / as pareceremos We will appear
Vosotros / as pareceréis You will appear
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes parecerán They / you will appear
Vos parecerás You will appear

Parecer Subjunctive Conjugations

Parecer Present Subjunctive / Presente de Subjuntivo

Pronoun Spanish
Yo parezca
parezcas
Él / Ella / Usted parezca
Nosotros / as parezcamos
Vosotros / as parezcáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes parezcan
Vos parezcas

Parecer Past Subjunctive / Imperfecto de Subjuntivo

There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.

The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).

There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.

Pronoun Spanish era/ara Spanish ese/ase
Yo pareciera pareciese
parecieras pareciese
Él / Ella / Usted pareciera pareciese
Nosotros / as pareciéramos pareciésemos
Vosotros / as parecierais parecieseis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes parecieran pareciesen
Vos parecieras pareciese

Parecer Future Subjunctive / Futuro de Subjuntivo

The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.

It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.

Pronoun Spanish
Yo pareciere
parecieres
Él / Ella / Usted pareciere
Nosotros / as pareciéremos
Vosotros / as pareciereis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes parecieren
Vos parecieres

Parecer Imperative Conjugations

Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “appear!” and “don’t appear!”.

Pronoun Spanish Affirmative Spanish Negative
parece no parezcas
Él / Ella / Usted parezca no parezca
Nosotros / as parezcamos no parezcamos
Vosotros / as pareced no parezcáis
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes parezcan no parezcan
Vos parecé no parezcas

Parecer Compound Subjunctive Tenses

Parecer Subjunctive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo haya parecido
hayas parecido
Él / Ella / Usted haya parecido
Nosotros / as hayamos parecido
Vosotros / as hayáis parecido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hayan parecido
Vos hayas parecido

Parecer Subjunctive Past Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiera parecido / hubiese parecido
hubieras parecido / hubieses parecido
Él / Ella / Usted hubiera parecido / hubiese parecido
Nosotros / as hubiéramos parecido / hubiésemos parecido
Vosotros / as hubierais parecido / hubieseis parecido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieran parecido / hubiesen parecido
Vos hubieras parecido / hubieses parecido

Parecer Subjunctive Future Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo hubiere parecido
hubieres parecido
Él / Ella / Usted hubiere parecido
Nosotros / as hubiéremos parecido
Vosotros / as hubiereis parecido
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes hubieren parecido
Vos hubieres parecido

Parecer Subjective Progressive Perfect

Pronoun Spanish
Yo esté pareciendo
estés pareciendo
Él / Ella / Usted esté pareciendo
Nosotros / as estemos pareciendo
Vosotros / as estéis pareciendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estén pareciendo
Vos estés pareciendo

Parecer Subjunctive Past Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviera pareciendo / estuviese pareciendo
estuvieras pareciendo / estuvieses pareciendo
Él / Ella / Usted estuviera pareciendo / estuviese pareciendo
Nosotros / as estuviéramos pareciendo / estuviésamos pareciendo
Vosotros / as estuvierais pareciendo / estuvieseis pareciendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviera pareciendo / estuviese pareciendo
Vos estuvieras pareciendo / estuvieses pareciendo

Parecer Subjunctive Future Progressive

Pronoun Spanish
Yo estuviere pareciendo
estuvieres pareciendo
Él / Ella / Usted estuviere pareciendo
Nosotros / as estuviéremos pareciendo
Vosotros / as estuviereis pareciendo
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes estuviere pareciendo
Vos estuvieres pareciendo

Parecer Vos Conjugation

Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.

There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.

The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.

TenseVos Conjugation
Present Indicative
Presente de Indicativo
Vos parecés
Simle Past / Preterite
Preterite de Indicativo
Vos pareciste
Imperfect Past
Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo
Vos parecías
Conditional
Condicional
Vos parecerías
Future
Futuro de Indicativo
Vos parecerás
Present Subjunctive
Presente de Subjunctivo
Vos parezcas
Imperfect Subjunctive
Imperfecto de Subjunctivo
Vos parecieras / Vos pareciese
Affirmative Imperative
Imperativo
Vos parecé
Negative Imperative
Imperativo Negativo
Vos no parezcas

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