aparentar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
aparentar (first-person singular present aparento, first-person singular preterite aparentí, past participle aparentat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
- to feign, to pretend
- 2017 January 4, Iosu de la Torre, “La guerra de les Campos ocupa (gairebé) totes les portades”, in El Periódico[1]:
- La guerra de les Campos té dos bàndols al quiosc malgrat que les capçaleres intentin aparentar neutralitat.
- The war of Las Campos has two factions at the newsstand, although the headlines are trying to feign neutrality.
- to appear, to seem
- 2017 January 4, Toni Aira, “'Empollons' i ianquis”, in El Periódico[2]:
- N'hi ha que, fora del Partit Popular, encara es pregunten si realment la figura del director del Gabinet de Presidència, Jorge Moragas, és tan determinant com aparenta a l'hora de decidir tant l'acció política com el discurs de Rajoy.
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Conjugation edit
Conjugation of aparentar (first conjugation)
Further reading edit
- “aparentar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “aparentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “aparentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “aparentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧pa‧ren‧tar
Verb edit
aparentar (first-person singular present aparento, first-person singular preterite aparentei, past participle aparentado)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of aparentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /apaɾenˈtaɾ/ [a.pa.ɾẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Venezuela): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧pa‧ren‧tar
Verb edit
aparentar (first-person singular present aparento, first-person singular preterite aparenté, past participle aparentado)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of aparentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of aparentar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “aparentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014