semejante

similar

fellow being

semejante(seh-meh-hahn-teh)

adjective

1. (alike)

a. similar

Nuestros vecinos tienen intereses semejantes a los nuestros.

Our neighbors' interests are similar to ours.

2. (of such a degree)

a. such

Nunca en mi vida había visto semejante desastre.

Never in my life had I seen such a mess.

3. (mathematics)

a. similar

Esos dos triángulos son semejantes.

Those two triangles are similar.

masculine noun

4. (fellow human)

a. fellow being

Betty dedicó su vida a ayudar a sus semejantes.

Betty devoted her life to helping her fellow beings.

semejante

adjective

1. (parecido)

a. similar

son de una edad semejantethey are (of) a similar age

2. (tal)

a. such

jamás aceptaría semejante invitaciónI would never accept such an invitation

una propuesta de semejante talantea proposal of this nature, such a proposal

¡cómo pudo decir semejante tontería!how could he say something so stupid!

Noun

3. (general)

a. fellow (human) being

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semejante

adjective

1 (parecido) similar

ser semejantes to be alike o similar; semejante a like; es semejante a ella en el carácter she is like her in character; son muy semejantes they are very much alike o very similar; dijo eso o algo semejante she said that or something similar o something like that

2 (Matemáticas) similar

3 (uso enfático) such

nunca hizo cosa semejante he never did any such thing o anything of the sort; ¿se ha visto frescura semejante? did you ever see such cheek?

4 (S. Cone) (México) (enorme) huge; enormous

1 (prójimo) fellow man; fellow creature

nuestros semejantes our fellow men

2

no tiene semejante (equivalente) it has no equal; there is nothing to equal it