1 (arrive, become visible) [+person, graffiti] aparecer; [+ghost] aparecerse; [+spot, stain, crack] aparecer; salir; [+symptom] aparecer; presentarse Trudy appeared at last por fin apareció Trudy
Trudy appeared at last looking tearful
he appeared briefly to address his supporters hizo una breve aparición para dirigirse a sus seguidores; he appeared without a tie se presentó sin corbata
when they appear with the Queen or their own mother they do become the focus of attention a woman appeared on my doorstep claiming to be my sister slogans have appeared on walls around the city posters appeared everywhere small white flowers which appear in early summer symptoms may appear alone or in combination a poem which appeared in his last collection of verse a grey stain has appeared on the wallpaper symptoms usually appear 12 hours after eating contaminated food
he appeared from nowherefrom salió apareció de la nada;or where did you appear from? ¿de dónde has salido?; the sun appeared from behind a cloud el sol salió de detrás de una nube
the ghost appears at midnight a woman appeared at the end of the street last night some of the prisoners appeared on the roof he appeared from behind a tree
to appear in publicpublic aparecer en público he hasn't appeared in public since the operation
to appear to sbto (as vision) aparecerse a algn he appeared to me in a dream se me apareció en sueños
2 (Teat) (TV) salir she appeared in "Fuenteovejuna" salió hizo un papel en "Fuenteovejuna";or
she appeared as Opheliaas hizo (el papel) de Ofelia
to appear on stagestage aparecer en escena Paul Newman and his wife Joanne Woodward are to appear on stage together for the first time since 1964
to appear on televisiontelevision salir en por televisión;or student leaders appeared on television to ask for calm he never missed an opportunity to appear on television he refused to appear on television after the match
3 (Jur) [+defendant] comparecer two other executives appeared at Worthing Magistrates' Court charged with tax fraud
to appear before sbbefore comparecer ante algn another man will appear before Bow Street magistrates in London today he will appear before a special magistrates court today the American will appear before members of the disciplinary committee at Portman Square
to appear in courtin comparecer ante el tribunal los tribunales;or a teenager will appear in court today charged with the murder of Alice Silk
to appear on a charge of murderon comparecer acusado de homicidio four people have appeared in court charged in connection with the murders a 14 year-old boy appeared in court today for the 28th time
[+lawyer] to appear for on behalf of sbfororon behalf of representar a algn to appear for the defence/the prosecution representar a la defensa/la acusación
4 (be published) salir; publicarse the book appeared in 1960 el libro salió se publicó en 1960;or the term first appeared in print in 1530 el primer testimonio escrito del término se remonta a 1530; it was her life's ambition to appear in print la ilusión de su vida era ver su nombre impreso
he appeared in print as a literary critic I was able to see a copy of the book before it appeared in print
5 (seem) parecer he appears tired parece cansado
he appeared willing to cooperate it would make me appear mean in daylight it appears red
how does it appear to you? ¿qué impresión le da?
the executive presidency is beginning to appear a political irrelevance nine months later, those talks appear as distant as ever it appears that it appears that he did say that
it appears to me that they are mistaken me da la impresión de que me parece que están equivocados;or
it appears that some missiles have been moved it appears unlikely that the UN would consider making such a move she appears to have gone
they appear not to like each other parece que no se gustan; no parece que se gusten; there appears to be a mistake parece que hay un error; she appeared not to notice no pareció darse cuenta; we must appear to be fair debemos dar la impresión de ser justos
there appears to be increasing support for the leadership to take a more aggressive stance the aircraft appears to have crashed near Katmandu she did her best to appear more self-assured than she felt he is anxious to appear a gentleman
it appears notnotit would appear notnot parece que no "they didn't manage to get tickets then?" - "it would appear not" [so] it appears, so it would appear
"he came then?" — "so it would appear"so —¿entonces él ha venido? —eso parece she got the job, or so it would appear le dieron el trabajo, según parece
6 (become apparent) as will appear in due course según se verá a su debido tiempo
