semblar
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old Catalan semblar, from Late Latin similāre, a verb based on Latin similis (“alike”). Compare Occitan semblar, French sembler.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
semblar (first-person singular present semblo, first-person singular preterite semblí, past participle semblat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (impersonal) to seem, look
- Synonyms: parèixer, semblar se
- Sembla que vagi a ploure.
- It seems that it's going to rain.
- to look like, resemble
- Synonym: assemblar-se
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | semblar | ||||||
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gerund | semblant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | semblat | semblada | |||||
plural | semblats | semblades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | semblo | sembles | sembla | semblem | sembleu | semblen | |
imperfect | semblava | semblaves | semblava | semblàvem | semblàveu | semblaven | |
future | semblaré | semblaràs | semblarà | semblarem | semblareu | semblaran | |
preterite | semblí | semblares | semblà | semblàrem | semblàreu | semblaren | |
conditional | semblaria | semblaries | semblaria | semblaríem | semblaríeu | semblarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | sembli | semblis | sembli | semblem | sembleu | semblin | |
imperfect | semblés | semblessis | semblés | sembléssim | sembléssiu | semblessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | sembla | sembli | semblem | sembleu | semblin | |
negative (no) | — | no semblis | no sembli | no semblem | no sembleu | no semblin |
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Spanish: semblar
References[edit]
- “semblar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “semblar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Ido[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English seem, French sembler, Italian sembrare, ultimately from Late Latin similāre, present active infinitive of similō.
Verb[edit]
semblar (present tense semblas, past tense semblis, future tense semblos, imperative semblez, conditional semblus)
- (intransitive) to seem, appear (to be)
Conjugation[edit]
present | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | semblar | semblir | semblor | ||||
tense | semblas | semblis | semblos | ||||
conditional | semblus | ||||||
imperative | semblez | ||||||
adjective active participle | semblanta | semblinta | semblonta | ||||
adverbial active participle | semblante | semblinte | semblonte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | semblanto | semblinto | semblonto | |||
plural | semblanti | semblinti | semblonti |
Derived terms[edit]
Old Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin similāre, a verb derived from Latin similis (“similar”). Compare Old French sembler.
Verb[edit]
semblar
Descendants[edit]
- Occitan: semblar
- → Italian: sembrare, sembiare, semblare
- → Portuguese: sembrar
- → Spanish: semblar (archaic)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old Catalan or Old Occitan semblar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
semblar (first-person singular present semblo, first-person singular preterite semblé, past participle semblado)
Conjugation[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “semblar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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