Confused over the diffeence between ignorar desconocer And no se

Question

I usually use ignorer only when I want to say disregard and no se if I don't know but I read " Por el momento se ignoran los movitivos del accidente

Answer 1

I'll try to help, with some examples. I have made them up, so the is some risk of incorrectness.

Ignorar means to be ignorant of, not to know. To be in the dark. Your sentence: At the moment we don't know the reasons for the accident/ we are ignorant of the reasons..

Saber means to know, to know how to do ( saber nadar, for example, to be able to swim) and to have knowledge or wisdom ( sabidura) . There will be some overlap.

No sabemos porque occurío el accidente.( This has a similar meaning to your sentence, We don't know why the accident happened).

Los motivos del accidente aún son desconocidos. ( The reasons for the accident are still unknown).

I hope this may help. - annierats, Oct 25, 2013