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sembrare

to seem, to look like

verb Word 109 of the core 1,000 · Stage 1, Essentials

How to conjugate sembrare

The present, imperfect, future and passato prossimo, with the English for every form.

Present

io sembro I seem / I look like
tu sembri you seem / you look like
lui/lei sembra he/she seems / he/she looks like
noi sembriamo we seem / we look like
voi sembrate you all seem / you all look like
loro sembrano they seem / they look like

Imperfect

io sembravo I seemed / I used to seem / I looked like / I used to look like
tu sembravi you seemed / you used to seem / you looked like / you used to look like
lui/lei sembrava he/she seemed / he/she used to seem / he/she looked like / he/she used to look like
noi sembravamo we seemed / we used to seem / we looked like / we used to look like
voi sembravate you all seemed / you all used to seem / you all looked like / you all used to look like
loro sembravano they seemed / they used to seem / they looked like / they used to look like

Future

io sembrerò I will seem / I will look like
tu sembrerai you will seem / you will look like
lui/lei sembrerà he/she will seem / he/she will look like
noi sembreremo we will seem / we will look like
voi sembrerete you all will seem / you all will look like
loro sembreranno they will seem / they will look like

Passato prossimo

io sono sembrato I seemed / I have seemed / I looked like / I have looked like
tu sei sembrato you seemed / you have seemed / you looked like / you have looked like
lui/lei è sembrato he/she seemed / he/she has seemed / he/she looked like / he/she has looked like
noi siamo sembrati we seemed / we have seemed / we looked like / we have looked like
voi siete sembrati you all seemed / you all have seemed / you all looked like / you all have looked like
loro sono sembrati they seemed / they have seemed / they looked like / they have looked like

In a sentence

Questa casa sembra molto vecchia.

This house seems very old.

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