parere

See also: părere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pārēre, from Proto-Italic *pāzēō, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-s- (“watch, see”), s-present of *peh₂- (“protect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈre.re/
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: pa‧ré‧re

Verb

parére (first-person singular present pàio, first-person singular past historic pàrvi, past participle pàrso, first-person singular future parrò, no imperative, auxiliary èssere) (intransitive)

1. to look, to seem, to appear

   Synonyms: sembrare, apparire

2. to seem (of an opinion) [with a ‘to someone’ and che (+ subjunctive clause) ‘that’]

   mi pare che sia buono ― It seems to me that it's good, it seems good to me, I think it's good

   mi pare ingiusto farlo ― It seems unfair to me to do so, I think it's unfair to do that

Conjugation

• Note: There are no imperative forms.

    Conjugation of parére (-ere; irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	parére
auxiliary verb		èssere	gerund		parèndo
present participle		parvènte	past participle		pàrso
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	pàio	pàri	pàre	paiàmo	paréte	pàiono
imperfect	parévo	parévi	paréva	parevàmo	parevàte	parévano
past historic	pàrvi	parésti	pàrve	parémmo	paréste	pàrvero
future	parrò	parrài	parrà	parrémo	parréte	parrànno
conditional	parrèi	parrésti	parrèbbe, parrébbe	parrémmo	parréste	parrèbbero, parrébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	pàia	pàia	pàia	paiàmo	paiàte	pàiano
imperfect	paréssi	paréssi	parésse	paréssimo	paréste	paréssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		—	—	—	—	—
negative imperative		—	—	—	—	—

Including lesser-used forms:

    Conjugation of parére (-ere; irregular; defective) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	parére
auxiliary verb		èssere	gerund		parèndo
present participle		parvènte	past participle		pàrso, parùto2
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	pàio	pàri	pàre	paiàmo, pariàmo1	paréte	pàiono
imperfect	parévo	parévi	paréva	parevàmo	parevàte	parévano
past historic	pàrvi, pàrsi2	parésti	pàrve, pàrse2	parémmo	paréste	pàrvero, pàrsero2
future	parrò, parerò2	parrài, parerài2	parrà, parerà2	parrémo, parerémo2	parréte, pareréte2	parrànno, parerànno2
conditional	parrèi, parerèi2	parrésti, parerésti2	parrèbbe, parrébbe, parerèbbe2, parerébbe2	parrémmo, parerémmo2	parréste, pareréste2	parrèbbero, parrébbero, parerèbbero2, parerébbero2
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	pàia	pàia	pàia	paiàmo, pariàmo1	paiàte, pariàte1	pàiano
imperfect	paréssi	paréssi	parésse	paréssimo	paréste	paréssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		—	—	—	—	—
negative imperative		—	—	—	—	—

¹Rare.
²Archaic.

Related terms

• apparire

Noun

parere m (plural pareri)

1. opinion, view, comment

   Synonym: opinione

   • 1993, A. Valsiglio, P. Cremonesi, F. Cavalli (lyrics and music), “La solitudine”, in Laura Pausini, performed by Laura Pausini:

     Di certo il tuo parere non l'ha chiesto mai / Ha detto un giorno tu mi capirai

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. estimate, judgment

   Synonym: giudizio

Related terms

• parvenza

Latin

Etymology 1

From parō.

Verb

parēre

1. second-person singular present passive subjunctive of parō

Etymology 2

From pāreō.

Verb

pārēre

1. inflection of pāreō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Etymology 3

From pariō.

Verb

parere

1. inflection of pariō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• paré, parè (alt. spellings)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin pārēre.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [paˈre]

Verb

parere

1. to seem

References

• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “parere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano