semblance

apariencia, simulacro

Apariencia de una cualidad o situación que en realidad no existe o apenas existe.

En inglés sencillo: An appearance of a quality or situation, even when it is absent or barely exists.

• She kept a semblance of calm.
• The guards restored some semblance of order.
• His friendly smile gave the meeting a semblance of warmth.

Cómo se usa: a semblance of something (We tried to maintain a semblance of normality.)

Sinónimos: appearance, show

Expresiones frecuentes: a semblance of order, maintain a semblance, restore some semblance

apariencia, aspecto

Forma o aspecto visible de una persona o cosa.

En inglés sencillo: The visible shape or appearance of someone or something.

• Its semblance changed in the light.
• The creature had a strange, almost human semblance.
• She studied the statue’s outward semblance.

Sinónimos: appearance, form

Expresiones frecuentes: outward semblance, human semblance

semejanza, parecido

Aspecto que recuerda al de otra persona o cosa.

En inglés sencillo: An appearance that looks like someone or something else.

• The carving bore a semblance of her face.
• They built a rough semblance of the original house.
• The clouds took on the semblance of distant mountains.

Cómo se usa: a semblance of someone/something (The mask bore a semblance of his face.)

Sinónimos: likeness, resemblance

Expresiones frecuentes: a semblance of someone, bear some semblance

aparición, visión

Figura o imagen que parece aparecer ante los ojos, especialmente si no es real.

En inglés sencillo: A figure or image that seems to appear before your eyes, especially something unreal.

• A pale semblance appeared before him.
• She saw the semblance of her father in a dream.
• The ghostly semblance faded into the mist.

Cómo se usa: the semblance of someone/something (The semblance of a woman appeared in the doorway.)

Sinónimos: apparition, vision, phantom

Expresiones frecuentes: a ghostly semblance, the semblance of someone