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conocer
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See also: coñocer
Asturian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin conōscere, variant of Latin cognōscere.
Pronunciation
Verb
conocer (first-person singular indicative present conozo, past participle conocíu)
Conjugation
Conjugation of conocer
Synonyms
Further reading
- “conocer” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.
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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin conōscere, variant of Latin cognōscere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /konoˈθeɾ/ [ko.noˈθeɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /konoˈseɾ/ [ko.noˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: co‧no‧cer
Verb
conocer (first-person singular present conozco, first-person singular preterite conocí, past participle conocido)
- to know (a person or a place), to be familiar with, to be acquainted with
- Antonym: desconocer
- Mucho gusto en conocerla
- Nice to meet you. (to a woman)
- (in the preterite tense) to meet
- (in the future tense) to get to know, become acquainted (with)
- to see, to visit, to explore (i.e., to get to know a place for the first time)
- to hear, to know (implies hearing for the first time)
- Me gustaría conocer su opinión sobre el material de origen.
- I would like to hear your opinion about the source material.
- to discover, to get to or come to know, to learn about, to find out
- (reflexive, reciprocal) to know, to have known
- Se conocen desde la infancia.
- They have known each other since childhood.
- (reflexive) to know oneself
- to conceptualize or conceive
- (archaic) to know, have sex with.
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 14:
- Una gallina negra que no haya conocida gallo
- A black hen that has never known a cock
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “conocer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
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