(= saber
quién es) to know ¿de qué lo conoces? where
do you know him from? ¿conoces a Pedro? have you
met Pedro?; do you know Pedro? la conozco de oídas I've heard of
her; I know of her lo conozco de vista I know him by sight
1.2
(= ver por
primera vez) to meet la conocí en Sevilla I met
her in Seville
1.3
(= saber
cómo es) to get to know cuando la conozcas mejor when you
get to know her better ◆MODISMO:la
conozco como la palma de la mano I know her like the back
of my hand
1.4
(= reconocer) to
recognize; know
2
(= tener
conocimiento de) [+ método,
resultado] to know [+ noticia] to
hear queremos conocer de cerca la situación we
want to get to know the situation at first hand investigaciones destinadas a conocer la verdad investigations
aimed at establishing the truth ◆REFRÁN:más
vale lo malo conocido que lo bueno por conocer better the
devil you know than the devil you don't
3
[+
país, ciudad] no conozco Buenos Aires I've never been
to Buenos Aires; I don't know Buenos Aires quiero conocer mundo I want to see the world
4
(= dominar) to
know conoce su oficio he knows his job no conozco mucho el tema I don't know
much about the subject
5
(= experimentar) ha conocido dos guerras mundiales she has
lived through two world wars los muchos terremotos que ha conocido Italia the
many earthquakes there have been in Italy
6
(= distinguir) to
know; tell
7
dar a conocer[+ información] to
announce [+ declaración,
informe, cifras] to release se dio a conocer en una película de
Almodóvar he made his name in an Almodóvar film (esp
británico) or movie (esp EEUU) darse a conocer a alguien to make oneself
known to somebody
8
(derecho,
jurídico) [+ causa] to
try
B
verbo intransitivo
1
(= saber) conocer de
algo:¿alguien conoce de algún libro
sobre el tema? does anybody know (of) a book on the subject?
2
(derecho,
jurídico) conocer de or en una causa to
try a case
C
conocerseverbo pronominal
1
(uso reflexivo) conocerse a sí mismo to know
oneself
2
(uso recíproco)
2.1
(= tener
relación con) to know each other; know one another
2.2
(por primera vez) to
meet
2.3
(= familiarizarse) to
get to know each other; get to know one another
3
(= reconocerse)
[uno mismo] to recognize oneself
[dos personas] to recognize each other
4
(uso impersonal) se conoce que ... apparently ...; it
seems that ... se conoce que se lo han contado apparently
he's been told about it; it seems that he's been told about it se conoce que no le ha sentado bien he's
obviously not best pleased
Conocer suele
traducirse por to know: "No conozco muy bien a su familia", I
don't know his family very well. Pero cuando se refiere al primer
encuentro con alguien, se utiliza to meet: "La conocí en
una fiesta", I met her at a party.
Verb: conocer
irregular in present