conoscere

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin conōscere, variant of Latin cognōscere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koˈnoʃ.ʃe.re/
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  • Rhymes: -oʃʃere
  • Hyphenation: co‧nó‧sce‧re

Verb

conóscere (first-person singular present conósco, first-person singular past historic conóbbi, past participle conosciùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to know (a person or place), to meet (a person), to experience
  2. (transitive) to recognise/recognize

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • sapere However, sapere means to know an information; conoscere means to know a person, or a place, or a topic.