semblar
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan semblar, from Late Latin similāre, a verb based on Latin similis (“alike”). Compare Occitan semblar, French sembler.
Pronunciation
Verb
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
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
Descendants
- → Spanish: semblar
References
- “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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin similāre.
Verb
semblar (ORB, broad)
References
- sembler in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- sembllar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Further information
- AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 7: “come somiglia” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
- ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 1153: “ressemble” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sĭmĭlare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 11: S–Si, page 623
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English seem, French sembler, Italian sembrare, ultimately from Late Latin similāre, present active infinitive of similō.
Verb
semblar (present tense semblas, past tense semblis, future tense semblos, imperative semblez, conditional semblus)
- (intransitive) to seem, appear (to be)
Conjugation
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
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Late Latin similāre, a verb derived from Latin similis (“similar”). Compare Old French sembler.
Verb
semblar
Descendants
- Occitan: semblar
- → Italian: sembrare, sembiare, semblare (poetic, archaic)
- → Portuguese: sembrar
- → Spanish: semblar (archaic)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Catalan or Old Occitan semblar.
Pronunciation
Verb
semblar (first-person singular present semblo, first-person singular preterite semblé, past participle semblado)
Conjugation
Further reading
- “semblar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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