ellos parecieron

seemed, appeared

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parec to seem, to appear + ieron 3rd person plural past
verb · third plural · past indicative Rare #47,749
seemed, appeared
SP: Ellos parecieron muy felices en la fiesta.
EN: They seemed very happy at the party.
Conjugation of parecer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third pareció parecieron

Me parecieron geniales.

I thought they were great.

— Black Phone 2 (2025)

Tom y Mary me parecieron fantásticos.

I thought Tom and Mary were fantastic.

Para él, los cinco minutos parecieron cinco horas.

For him, the five minutes felt like five hours.

No parecieron darse cuenta.

They didn’t seem to notice.