Usage examples of "looked as if" in English with translation to Spanish

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Tom looked as if he hadn't shaved for a week. Tom parecía no haberse afeitado en una semana.
Tom looked as if he'd seen a ghost. Tom lucía como si hubiera visto un fantasma.
He looked as if he had seen a ghost. Él lucía como si hubiera visto a un fantasma.
She looked as if she had been sick for a long time. Ella lucía como si hubiera estado enferma por un largo tiempo.
She looked as if she had been ill. Parecía como si hubiese estado enferma.
He looked as if nothing had happened. Él se veía como si no hubiera pasado nada.
She looked as if she had seen a ghost. Ella lucía como si hubiera visto a un fantasma.
She looked as if she had been sick in bed for years. Ella tenía cara de haber estado postrada por una enfermedad durante años.
She looked as though she had seen a ghost. Parecía como si hubiese visto un fantasma.
She loves the child as if it were her own. Ella quiere al niño como si fuera el suyo propio.
She looked as though she had seen me somewhere before. Ella parecía como si me hubiera visto de alguna parte antes.
Betty talks as if she knew everything. Betty habla como si lo supiera todo.
The car looked as good as new. El coche estaba como nuevo.
The foreigner speaks Japanese as if it were his native language. El extranjero habla japonés como su fuera su lengua nativa.
He went on reading the book as if nothing had happened. Siguió leyendo el libro como si nada hubiera pasado.
I felt as if I were in a dream. Me siento como si estuviera en un sueño.
He felt as if he were in a dream. Él se sintió como si estuviera en un sueño.
She treats me as if I were a baby. Ella me trata como si fuera un bebé.
It was as if they considered me one of them. Era como si me considerasen uno de ellos.
Jane knew a lot about sumo, as if she had seen it before. Jane sabía mucho acerca del sumo, como si lo hubiera visto antes
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