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February 02, 2017, 08:18 PM
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Google
¿Te parezco a Google?
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February 02, 2017, 08:31 PM
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Google isn't a person, so no personal 'a' is needed before it. What are you trying to say?
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February 02, 2017, 08:35 PM
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People always ask me questions about their computer. I said "Do I look like Google?".
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February 02, 2017, 08:45 PM
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I suppose it's conceivable that someone would say it that way, but I would wait to see what a native speaker says.
Do I look like Google?" could mean something like, "Do I look like a search engine?" |
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February 02, 2017, 08:46 PM
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Yes, because they must think I am Google because I am supposed to have the answer to everything about computers.
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February 02, 2017, 09:00 PM
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There are hits on the internet for 'parezco Google'.
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February 02, 2017, 09:56 PM
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¿Te crees que soy Google?
¿Te crees que yo soy Don Google? (Making "Google" to be a "Sir"... ;-) ¿Quién te crees que soy yo? ¿Google? ¿Un motor de búsqueda? Es lo que yo diría. ¿Te crees que soy una enciclopedia? Ejemplos en CREA (Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual) ¿Qué [***]crees que soy[***]: Sigmund Freud o alguien así? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AÑO: 1977 AUTOR: Wolff, Egon TÍTULO: Kindergarten PAÍS: CHILE TEMA: 07.Teatro PUBLICACIÓN: Society of Spanish and Spanish-American Studies (Boulder (Estados Unidos de América)), 1990 JUAN.- ¿Quién te [***]crees que soy[***] yo? ¿Teresa de Calcuta? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - AÑO: 1988 AUTOR: Diosdado, Ana TÍTULO: Los ochenta son nuestros PAÍS: ESPAÑA TEMA: 07.Teatro PUBLICACIÓN: Antonio Machado (Madrid), 1990 Saludos cordiales. Also: "¿Te crees que soy Google?" https://www.google.com/webhp?sourcei...20Google%3F%22
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February 03, 2017, 04:27 AM
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You may ask "¿Me parezco a Google?" -- This would be the case where you're using Google as if it were a person, since you're making the comparison with yourself.
The change of "te" for "me" is because you're asking if you are the one that looks like Google. In any case, "te me parezco a..." ("Do you think I look like..."), but then Pablo's suggestions would be more natural instead. By the way, Mexicans would prefer "¿crees que soy Google?" without "te", as we feel "te crees" slightly aggressive, but we know it's not necessarily so; it's just a regional preference.  Other ways to say it: - ¿Me ves cara de Google? -> Do you think my face looks like Google's? - ¿Tengo cara de Google? -> Does my face look like Google's? Edit: If you say "parezco Google", I'm comparing my behavior or work to the functions Google performs, instead of comparing the search engine to me as a person like in "me parezco a Google". - Parezco Google. Todo el mundo me pregunta cosas de su computadora. -> I feel like Google. Everyone asks me questions about their computer.
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February 03, 2017, 05:35 PM
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¡Sí, señora!
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February 04, 2017, 06:46 AM
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"Se creen que soy Wikipedia/Google..."
Locally "Me usan de Google..." "Me tienen de Google..." where Google is replacing another non neutral word, adding a whole new meaning to it "they take advantage of me".
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February 04, 2017, 12:31 PM
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Así es, Alec...,
Antiguamente se hablaba (positiva o negativamente) de "ser una enciclopedia andante"... Saludos cordiales.
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