parecidas

Parecidas is the feminine plural form of the participle parecido, used as an adjective meaning similar or resembling. It agrees with feminine plural nouns, as in las características parecidas or las imágenes parecidas entre sí.

In usage, parecidas conveys resemblance across various domains, including appearance, behavior, or characteristics. The expression parecidas entre sí emphasizes mutual similarity, while parecidas a can be used to compare with something else, for example, parecidas a las de otras culturas. The term can also function as a simple predicate adjective: esas dos pinturas son parecidas.

Historically, parecida deriva del verbo parecer (to seem) and the participial suffix -ido, yielding forms that change with gender and number: parecido (masculine singular), parecida (feminine singular), parecidos (masculine plural), parecidas (feminine plural). The feminine plural form parecidas is common in both spoken and written Spanish.

Parecidas is often used interchangeably with sinónimos such as semejantes or similares, though it carries a nuance of resemblance rather than strict equivalence. It is more about likeness than identity, and it can describe superficial or structural similarity depending on context.

See also: parecido, parecidos, parecida, semejante, similar.