lui parve

seemed, appeared

→ parere
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #35,440
seemed, appeared Literary or narrative past form of “seem.”
IT: La stanza parve più grande con le finestre aperte.
EN: The room seemed bigger with the windows open.
Conjugation of parere
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third parve —

D’un tratto parve impressionato.

All of a sudden, he seemed impressed.

Entrando in Rosario gli parve d'entrare in una città già conosciuta.

As he entered Rosario, he felt as though he were entering a city he already knew.

Dopo andò a guardarsi allo specchio e gli parve d'essere un altro.

Then he went to look at himself in the mirror, and he seemed like a different person.

Chris Markofferson parve turbato.

Chris Markofferson seemed upset.

In quel punto parve al ragazzo di sentirsi stringere la mano.

At that point, the boy felt as if someone had squeezed his hand.

Gli parve d'esser in mare da un anno.

It seemed to him that he had been at sea for a year.