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] Conjugation of semblar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | semblar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, broad)
References
[edit]- sembler in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
- sembllar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Further information
[edit]- 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
[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] Conjugation of semblar
|
present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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]- Occitan: semblar
- → Italian: sembrare, sembiare, semblare (poetic, archaic)
- → Portuguese: sembrar
- → Spanish: semblar (archaic)
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] Conjugation of semblar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
[edit]- “semblar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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