Etymology

From Old Portuguese semellar, from Vulgar Latin *similiāre, from Late Latin similāre, present active infinitive of similō, from Latin similis ‎(“similar”). Cognate with Galician semellar, Portuguese similar, assemelhar, Spanish semejar, Catalan semblar, Occitan semblar, French sembler, Italian somigliare and Romanian semăna.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨ.mɨ.ˈʎaɾ/
• Hyphenation: se‧me‧lhar