conoscere
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin conōscere, variant of Latin cognōscere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
conóscere (first-person singular present conósco, first-person singular past historic conóbbi, past participle conosciùto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to know (a person or place), to meet (a person), to experience
- (transitive) to recognise/recognize
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of conóscere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Synonyms edit
- sapere However, sapere means to know an information; conoscere means to know a person, or a place, or a topic.