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Conjugation Chart of “Parecerse” (to resemble) in the Preterite (Past) Tense

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Understanding the Preterite (Past) Tense of “Parecerse”

The preterite of parecerse is used to express when someone resembled someone else at a specific moment or period in the past. For example, when you want to say “As a child, I resembled my father” – “De niño, me parecí a mi padre.”

This is a regular -er reflexive verb in the preterite tense. Remember to include the appropriate reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, se) before each conjugated form.

How to Use Parecerse in the Preterite (Past) Tense

The Preterite of parecerse expresses when something or someone resembled another.

To resemble/look like: Used for physical or characteristic similarities, for example Se pareció mucho a su padre (He looked a lot like his father), or Las situaciones se parecieron bastante (The situations were quite similar).

To take after: Describes inherited traits, for example Se pareció más a su madre en carácter (She took after her mother in character).

Real Life Examples of Parecerse in the Preterite (Past) Tense

El bebé se pareció mucho a su padre. (The baby looked a lot like his father.)

Te pareciste tanto a tu hermana en esa foto. (You looked so much like your sister in that photo.)

La película se pareció a un documental. (The movie resembled a documentary.)

Nos parecimos más de lo que pensábamos. (We were more alike than we thought.)

Los gemelos se parecieron desde el primer día. (The twins looked alike from day one.)

¿Por qué te pareciste tanto a tu abuela? (Why did you look so much like your grandmother?)

Se pareció mucho a su madre cuando joven. (She looked a lot like her mother when young.)

Las dos casas se parecieron demasiado. (The two houses looked too much alike.)

Me parecí más a mi padre con los años. (I came to look more like my father over the years.)

Se parecieron en su forma de pensar. (They were similar in their way of thinking.)

El dibujo se pareció al original. (The drawing resembled the original.)

Nos parecimos en nuestros gustos. (We were similar in our tastes.)

¿Te pareciste a alguien de tu familia? (Did you look like anyone in your family?)

Los proyectos se parecieron mucho entre sí. (The projects were very similar to each other.)

Se pareció bastante a su hermano mayor. (He looked quite a bit like his older brother.)

Conjugation Chart with English Translations

Conjugations of Parecerse (to resemble) in the Preterite (Past) Tense (Castilian Spanish) with English Translations:

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Synonyms

The Preterite tense is also known as the Simple Past, Past Simple, Definite Past, Absolute Past, or Past Tense Indicative in English, and as Pretérito Perfecto Simple, Pretérito Indefinido, Pretérito Simple, Pasado Simple, or Pretérito de Indicativo in Spanish.