aparentar
/apaɾenˈtaɾ/ · B2 · verb
to appear, seem
🎭 a- + parent + -ar: to put on a 'parent' act, a front, so you seem something
Spanish aparentar comes from a- (toward) + the root of aparecer-style 'appear' (Latin apparere). It means to make something appear a certain way, whether feigned or just seeming. Link it to 'apparent': what is apparent is not always real.