It sounds like... It looks like

Question

I know that you use the term 'que te parece' or something similar when you want to ask how you look, but I always get stuck when I want to say, "I look like... It looks like... It sounds like..."

Here are some examples:

She sounds like a frog or It sounds like it's coming from the kitchen.

It looks like it's going to rain or She looks like she's going to cry.

Answer 1

"Parece que" is used a lot for structures such as "It sounds like it is coming from the kitchen" or "She looks like she is going to cry." "It looks like rain" would be "parece que va a llover".

"She sounds like a frog" would be something along the lines of "Emite sonidos de rana". A sentence such as "She looks like...("a frog", for example - even though it's not very nice to say and definitely not true of any human being) would be "Tiene cara de...("rana", por ejemplo - aunque no es muy simpáático decir eso y tampoco es verdad de cualquier ser humano).

Hopefully this has somewhat helped to clarify. Good question.

Answer 2

Actually you can sonar in both sense of the word to sound when it literally sounds like something or sound in the sense to seem.

Suenas feliz You sound (seem) happy Suena a rama It sounds like a frog..

Answer 3

'Parece' is etymologically, related to 'appears'. Depending on the context, this could be expressed as "sounds like", "looks like", "tastes like", etc. In short, "resembles".

Answer 4

Thanks mountaingirl

So "look" and "sound" are both translated as "seem".

When do you use "Parece que" and when "parece"?

For example in these lyrics there is no "que":

Tus cabellos dorados parecen el sol - Your golden hair looks like sun.