apariencia

/apaˈɾjenθja/ · B1 · noun · f

appearance

🪞 Sounds like a parent: you take after your parent in appearance

From Latin apparentia, from apparere, to appear. It shares a root with English apparent and appear. It is feminine: la apariencia. A common saying is las apariencias engañan, meaning appearances deceive.

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