conocer

• coñocer

From Late Latin conōscere, variant of Latin cognōscere.

• IPA^(key): /konoˈθeɾ/ [ko.noˈθeɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: co‧no‧cer

conocer (first-person singular indicative present conozo, past participle conocíu)

1. to know, to be aware of

• (to know): reconocer, saber

• “conocer” in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). →ISBN.

Inherited from Late Latin conōscere, variant of Latin cognōscere.

• IPA^(key): /konoˈθeɾ/ [ko.noˈθeɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /konoˈseɾ/ [ko.noˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: co‧no‧cer

conocer (first-person singular present conozco, first-person singular preterite conocí, past participle conocido)

1. 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)

2. (in the preterite tense) to meet
3. (in the future tense) to get to know, become acquainted (with)
4. to see, to visit, to explore (i.e., to get to know a place for the first time)
5. 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.

6. to discover, to get to or come to know, to learn about, to find out
7. (reflexive, reciprocal) to know, to have known

   Se conocen desde la infancia.

   They have known each other since childhood.

8. (reflexive) to know oneself
9. to conceptualize or conceive
10. (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

• saber

• “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