Qué te parece
Example: ¿Qué te parece si vamos al cine esta noche?
Definition
"Qué te parece" is a Spanish expression used to ask someone's opinion or reaction about an idea, suggestion, or situation, similar to asking 'What do you think?' or 'How does that seem to you?' For example, '¿Qué te parece si vamos al cine esta noche?' means 'What do you think if we go to the movies tonight?'
Translations
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what do you think -
wat vind je ervan -
què et sembla -
qu'en penses-tu -
was meinst du
Etymology
The phrase "qué te parece" comes from Spanish, combining 'qué' meaning 'what', 'te' as the informal second-person singular object pronoun meaning 'to you', and 'parece', the third-person singular form of the verb 'parecer', meaning 'to seem'. Together, it literally translates as 'what seems to you'. Did you know that 'parecer' originates from the Latin verb 'parere', meaning 'to appear' or 'to seem'?
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"Qué te parece" appears in the Vocaplus list "Spanish - General - Modismos y refranes - (A2) - parte 1", containing 106 commonly used expressions.
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