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"to appear (come into view)" in seven languages

Meaningto appear (come into view)

Spanish

aparecer

/apaɾeˈθeɾ/

inherited

French

apparaître

/apaʁɛtʁ/

inherited

Takes être in compound tenses: il est apparu.

Italian

apparire

/appaˈrire/

inherited

Portuguese

aparecer

/apaɾeˈseh/

inherited

Romanian

apărea

/apəˈre̯a/

inherited

Catalan

aparèixer

/əpəˈɾɛʃə/

inherited

English

appear

/əˈpɪɹ/

from Latin/French · Old French apareir

English → Italianto appear (come into view)apparireCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

APPĀRĒRE‘to come into view (AD + PĀRĒRE)’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spanish and French rebuilt the verb with the -ESCERE ending that also gave parecer and paraître 'to seem'; Italian moved it into the -ire class (apparire).

English relatives: apparent, appearance, apparition, transparent

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In a sentence

  • esUn gato apareció en la ventana.
  • frUn chat est apparu à la fenêtre.
  • itUn gatto è apparso alla finestra.
  • ptUm gato apareceu na janela.
  • roO pisică a apărut la fereastră.
  • caUn gat va aparèixer a la finestra.
  • enA cat appeared at the window.

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