aparênciaa.pa.rên.ci.asf1 appearance, aspect:
com ele tudo é aparência / he puts up a big front:
eles tentam salvar as aparências / they try to keep up appearances:
julgar pela aparência / to judge from outward appearances, by the outside.
2 semblance.
3 likelihood, likeness.
4 shape, cast, form, seeming, look:
sob a aparência de santo / under the cloak of sanctity.
Expressõesaparência enganosa deceiving appearance, feign.
aparência estranha strange appearance, sight.
aparência exterior fig outward appearance.
as aparências enganam appearances are deceptive.
de boa aparência good-looking, well-favoured.
de má aparência ill-favoured, not much of a looker.