conocer

Spanish

verb
Definitions
  • to know (a person or a place), to be familiar with, to be acquainted with
  • (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
  • to discover, to get to or come to know, to learn about, to find out
  • (reflexive) to know, to have known
  • (reflexive) to know oneself

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cognōscere, *conōscēre.

Origin

Latin

*conōscēre

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