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/; (Valencia) /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
Franco-Provençal edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin similāre.
Verb edit
semblar (ORB large)
- to seem
Conjugation edit
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simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | semblar | aveir semblá | |||||
gerund | semblánt | hayent semblá | |||||
auxiliary verb | aveir | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | semblá | sembláe | |||||
plural | semblás | sembláes | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | jo (j') | tu (t') | il/elli | nos | vos | ils | |
present | semblo | sembles | semble | semblems | semblads | semblont | |
imperfect | semblavo | semblaves | semblave | semblavams | semblavads | semblavant | |
preterite | semblei | semblés | semblet | semblêmos | semblêtes | semblèront | |
future | semblerai | semblerés | semblerat | semblerems | semblereds | sembleránt | |
conditional | semblerim | sembleriés | sembleriet | sembleriams | sembleriads | sembleriant | |
compound tenses | present perfect | present indicative of aveir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of aveir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite indicative of aveir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future indicative of aveir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of aveir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j') | que te (t') | qu'il/el | que nos | que vos | qu'ils/els | |
present | semblo | sembles | semble | semblams | semblads | semblant | |
imperfect | semblesso | semblesses | semblesse | semblessams | semblessads | semblessant | |
compound tenses | past | present subjunctive of aveir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of aveir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | te | — | nos | vos | — | |
sembla | semblams | semblads |
References edit
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
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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