Nov
14
co-no-therr'
transitive verb ( to know someone; to know who someone is )
Examples
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1:
¿Conoces a Pedro?
¿Do you know Pedro?
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2:
Conocí a Iván en España.
I met Iván in Spain.
Idioms
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1:
Dar a conocer a alguien
To introduce someone
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2:
Más vale lo malo conocido que lo bueno por conocer.
Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.
Notes
- "Conocer" translates to mean "to know someone" unless it refers to the first meeting between two people when it can mean "to meet." ; Whenever a person is the direct object of a verb, as in the case of "conocer," it is preceded by the preposition "a."
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