The Imperfect Tense of parecerse is used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past, for example, Cuando era niño, me parecía a mi padre. (When I was a child, I resembled my father.)

Parecerse is a regular -er verb, so its conjugations in the Imperfect Tense follow the regular pattern for that verb type.

Conjugations

Conjugations of Parecerse (to look like) in the Imperfect Tense tense (Latin American Spanish):

The imperfect tense of parecerse is used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past, as well as descriptions and states of being.

To resemble or look like someone/something: For example, Cuando era niño, me parecía a mi padre. (When I was a child, I resembled my father.)

To seem or appear: For example, La tarea no se parecía tan difícil. (The homework didn’t seem that difficult.)

To have a similar opinion or perspective (colloquial): For example, No me parecía que fuera una buena idea. (It didn’t seem like a good idea to me.)

To look alike (colloquial, sometimes rude): For example, ¿Te pareces a tu hermano o qué? (Do you look like your brother or what?)

Examples

Examples of Parecerse in the Imperfect Tense

Cuando era niño, mi hermano y yo nos parecíamos mucho. (When we were kids, my brother and I looked very much alike.)

Antes, las dos empresas se parecían en cuanto a sus prácticas comerciales. (Before, the two companies were similar in their business practices.)

Esos dos políticos se parecían bastante en sus puntos de vista. (Those two politicians were quite alike in their viewpoints.)

Ella se parecía mucho a su madre cuando era joven. (She resembled her mother a lot when she was young.)

Los gemelos se parecían tanto que era difícil distinguirlos. (The twins resembled each other so much that it was hard to tell them apart.)

Aunque no eran parientes, esos dos se parecían un montón. (Even though they weren’t related, those two looked a lot alike.)

Antes de la remodelación, las dos casas se parecían bastante. (Before the remodel, the two houses looked quite similar.)

En su juventud, ella se parecía mucho a su abuela. (In her youth, she resembled her grandmother a lot.)

Los dos restaurantes se parecían en cuanto a la calidad de la comida. (The two restaurants were similar in terms of food quality.)

Aunque eran de diferentes razas, esos perros se parecían bastante. (Even though they were different breeds, those dogs looked quite alike.)

Esas dos películas se parecían mucho en su trama. (Those two movies were very similar in their plot.)

Antes de la crisis, esas dos compañías se parecían en su estructura organizacional. (Before the crisis, those two companies were alike in their organizational structure.)

Cuando éramos chicos, mi amigo y yo nos parecíamos un buen. (When we were kids, my friend and I looked quite alike.)

Las dos universidades se parecían en cuanto a sus programas académicos. (The two universities were similar in terms of their academic programs.)

Esas dos ciudades se parecían mucho en su arquitectura colonial. (Those two cities were very alike in their colonial architecture.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Parecerse (to look like) in the Imperfect Tense tense (Latin American Spanish) with English Translations:

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Synonyms

The Imperfect tense is also known as the Past Imperfect, Descriptive Past, Past Progressive, or Imperfect Indicative in English, and as Pretérito Imperfecto, Copretérito, Imperfecto de Indicativo, or Pasado Descriptivo in Spanish.