Meaning
to resemble, look like [with a]
- to look like, resemble [with a]
In a sentence
Tuo fratello somiglia molto a tuo padre.
Your brother looks a lot like your father.
Ma questo cane ti somiglia davvero?
But does this dog really look like you?
Non somiglia per niente alla foto.
He doesn't look anything like the photo.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| somigliare | infinitive |
| somigliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| somiglio | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| somigliate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| somigli | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| somigliano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| somiglia | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| somigliavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| somigliavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| somigliavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| somigliavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| somigliavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| somigliava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| somigliammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| somigliai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| somigliaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| somigliasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| somigliarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| somigliò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| somiglieremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| somiglierò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| somiglierete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| somiglierai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| somiglieranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| somiglierà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| somigliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| somigli | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| somigliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| somigli | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| somiglino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| somigli | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| somigliassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| somigliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| somigliaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| somigliassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| somigliassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| somigliasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| somiglieremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| somiglierei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| somigliereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| somiglieresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| somiglierebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| somiglierebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| somigliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| somigliate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| somiglia | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| somigliando | gerund |
| somigliato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use somigliare a, not *somigliare qualcuno. Example: Somiglia a sua madre.
- For physical resemblance, somigliare is more natural than assomigliare in everyday speech; both are common.
- It takes avere in compound tenses: è notato as ha somigliato, though the simple present is far more common.