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me parecía

it seemed to me; I looked like

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it seemed to me; I looked like Usually means “it seemed to me” when followed by an adjective or noun, as in me parecía raro (“it seemed strange to me”). In the construction parecerse a, it can mean “I looked like,” as in me parecía a Beetlejuice (“I looked like Beetlejuice”).
SP: La situación me parecía muy extraña.
EN: The situation seemed very strange to me.

No dije eso, solo comenté que me parecía raro.

I didn't say that, I just commented that it seemed strange to me.

Me parecía bonito.

It seemed beautiful to me.

— El médico de Budapest (2020)

No lo hacía, sólo cuando me parecía.

I didn't do it; only when I felt like it.

— El síndrome asténico (1989)

Entonces esto me parecía bastante importante.

So this seemed quite important to me.

Porque pensaban que me parecía a Beetlejuice.

Because they thought I looked like Beetlejuice.

— La gran enfermedad del amor (2017)

El convento me parecía injusto.

The convent seemed unfair to me.

— Retrato de una mujer en llamas (2019)

Me parecía algo asqueroso.

I thought it was kind of gross.

— Happy Together (1997)

Ya me parecía extraño el despido del chofer.

I already thought the driver's dismissal was strange.

— Parásitos (2019)

Me parecía odioso.

I found it hateful.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)