semellar

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *similiāre, a verb derived from Latin similis (“similar”). Compare Catalan semblar and Spanish asemejar, semejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /semeˈʎa(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: se‧me‧llar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

semellar

1. to resemble

   Synonyms: pareixer, pareixer-se

Conjugation

Conjugation of semellar (first conjugation)

infinitive			semellar
gerund			semellando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		semellau, semellato		semellada, semellata
		plural		semellaus, semellatos		semelladas, semellatas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	semello	semellas	semella	semellamos	semellaz	semellan
	imperfect	semellaba, semellabe	semellabas	semellaba	semellabanos	semellabaz	semellaban
	preterite	semellé	semellés	semelló	semellemos	semellez	semelloron, semellón
	future	semellaré	semellarás	semellará	semellaremos	semellarez	semellarán
	conditional	semellaría	semellarías	semellaría	semellaríanos	semellaríaz	semellarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	semelle	semelles	semelle	semellemos	semellez	semellen
	imperfect	semellase	semellases	semellase	semellasenos	semellasez	semellasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	semella	—	—	semellaz	—

References

• “semejar”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese semellar, from Vulgar Latin *similiāre, a verb derived from Latin similis (“similar”). Compare Portuguese semelhar, Spanish semejar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /semeˈʎaɾ/

Verb

semellar (first-person singular present semello, first-person singular preterite semellei, past participle semellado)

1. (intrantive, impersonal) to seem

   Semella que vai chover

   It seems that it is going to rain

   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 689:

     Et alí cresçerõ toruões et coriscos et rrelánpagos tã grandes et tã brauos et tã desmesurados que semellaua que todo o mũdo quiría peresçer.

     And there grew such large thunders and rain and lightning, so wild and so boundless, that it seemed that the whole world wanted to perish

2. (transitive) to resemble; to imitate

   Anoxado semella unha fera

   He resembles a fear when angry

3. (pronominal) to resemble, to look alike

   Synonyms: imitar, parecer

   Os irmáns seméllanse moito

   The brother look alike very much

4. (pronominal) to think, to suspect

   Synonyms: coidar, pensar

   Seméllame que vai chover

   I think that it is going to rain

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 467:

     seméllame, fillo, que ora son cõpridos de tj os soños que eu sonaua et as uisiões que uij́a et as coytas grãdes que sofría ẽno coraçõ

     it seems to me, my son, that now you have fulfilled the dreams I dreamed and the visions I envisioned and [finished] the big sorrows I suffered in my heart

Conjugation

    Conjugation of semellar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	semellar
Personal	semellar	semellares	semellar	semellarmos	semellardes	semellaren
Gerund
	semellando
Past participle
Masculine	semellado			semellados
Feminine	semellada			semelladas
Indicative
Present	semello	semellas	semella	semellamos	semellades	semellan
Imperfect	semellaba	semellabas	semellaba	semellabamos	semellabades	semellaban
Preterite	semellei	semellaches	semellou	semellamos	semellastes	semellaron
Pluperfect	semellara	semellaras	semellara	semellaramos	semellarades	semellaran
Future	semellarei	semellarás	semellará	semellaremos	semellaredes	semellarán
Conditional	semellaría	semellarías	semellaría	semellariamos	semellariades	semellarían
Subjunctive
Present	semelle	semelles	semelle	semellemos	semelledes	semellen
Imperfect	semellase	semellases	semellase	semellásemos	semellásedes	semellasen
Future	semellar	semellares	semellar	semellarmos	semellardes	semellaren
Imperative
Affirmative		semella	semelle	semellemos	semellade	semellen
Negative (non)		non semelles	non semelle	non semellemos	non semelledes	non semellen

Derived terms

• asemellar
• semellábel
• semellante
• semellanza

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “semellar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “semel”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “semellar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “semellar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “semellar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN