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conocer (conjugate conocer) verbo transitivo 1 ‹persona› to know; (por primera vez) to meet; ‹ciudad/país› to know;◊ ¿conoces a Juan? do you know/have you met Juan?;te conocía de oídas he'd heard of you; lo conozco de nombre I know the name; conocer a algn de vista to know sb by sight; es de todos conocido he's well known; quiero que conozcas a mi novio I want you to meet my boyfriend; nunca llegué a conocerlo bien I never really got to know him; ¿conoces Irlanda? do you know Ireland? o have you been to Ireland?; quiere conocer mundo she wants to see the world; me encantaría conocer tu país I'd love to visit your country 2 (estar familiarizado con, dominar) ‹tema/autor/obra› to know, be familiar with; ‹lengua› to speak, know 3a) (saber de la existencia de) to know, know of;◊ conocían sus actividades they knew of o about his activitiesb)◊ dar a conocer (frml) ‹noticia/resultado› to announce;‹identidad/intenciones› to reveal;◊ darse a conocer [persona] to make oneself known;intentó no darse a conocer he tried to keep his identity a secret 4 (reconocer) to recognize(conjugate recognize);◊ te conocí por la voz I knew it was you by your voice5 (impers) (notar):◊ se conoce que no están en casa they don't seem to be in;se conoce que ya llevaba algún tiempo enfermo apparently he'd been ill for some time verbo intransitivo (saber) conocer de algo ‹de tema/materia› to know about sth conocerse verbo pronominal 1 (recípr) (tener cierta relación con) to know each other; (por primera vez) to meet; (aprender cómo se es) to get to know each other 2 (refl)a) (aprender cómo se es) to get to know oneselfb) (saber cómo se es) to know oneself
conocer verbo transitivo
1 to know
2 (por primera vez) to meet
3 (reconocer) to recognize Locuciones: dar a conocer, (hacer público) to make known
darse a conocer, to make one's name 'conocer' also found in these entries: Spanish: dar - dominar - ensombrecerse - notoriamente - paño - percal - pormenor - sacar - conozca - dedillo - desconocer - malo - palma - palmo - presentar English: acquaint - acquaintance - announce - devil - familiar - hear of - know - meet - name - sight - survey - acquainted - come - disclaim - fit - get - hand - high - taste - wander
English-spanish dictionary. 2013.