parecer

/paɾeˈθeɾ/ · A1 · verb

to seem, to see fit

parecer = appear with a p- start: Latin parere, to appear, also gave English appear

From Latin parere (to appear, be visible), the same root as English appear and apparent. What appears to be so is what seems so: me parece = it appears to me, so I think. As a noun, un parecer is how things appear to you: your opinion.

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