How to Say ‘It's quite similar’ in Mexican Spanish
Se parece bastante
seh pah-REH-seh bahs-TAHN-teh
[seh pah-REH-seh bahs-TAHN-teh]
💬 Usage Tip: bastante before a description means "quite" or "pretty", not "enough": bastante fuerte "pretty strong".
Phrase Breakdown
Se
[seh]
(reflexive, with parecer)
With 'parecer' it forms 'parecerse': to resemble.
Se parece a su mamá.
She looks like her mom.
parece
[pah-REH-seh]
resembles
With 'se', means to be similar to.
Este café se parece al otro.
This coffee resembles the other.
bastante
[bahs-TAHN-teh]
quite / a lot
Adverb meaning fairly or considerably.
Está bastante caro.
It's quite expensive.
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