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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From older conhocer, from Old Galician-Portuguese connocer, from Latin cognōscere.
Pronunciation
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.ɲeˈse(h)/
- (without vowel harmony) IPA(key): /ko.ɲɛˈse(h)/
- (Rural Central Brazil) IPA(key): /ku.ɲiˈse(ɹ)/
- Hyphenation: co‧nhe‧cer
Verb
conhecer (first-person singular present conheço, first-person singular preterite conheci, past participle conhecido)
- (transitive) to know (be acquainted or familiar with)
- Antonym: desconhecer
- Não conheço esse livro. ― I don’t know this book.
- (transitive) to meet; to get to know (to become acquainted with)
- Venha cá, quero que você conheça meu primo. ― Come here, I want you to meet my cousin.
- (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking como or por) to know as (to ascribe to something the title or quality of)
- Essa espécie é conhecida como Tringa totanus. ― This species is known as Tringa totanus.
- to visit a place for the first time
- Seu sonho era conhecer Paris. ― His dream was to visit Paris.
- Conheces Londres? ― Have you been to London?
- (archaic, transitive) to know (have sexual relations with)
- Synonyms: fazer sexo com, transar com, (euphemistic) dormir com, (vulgar) foder, (slang) comer
- (law, transitive with de) to concede (to acknowledge an appeal)
Conjugation
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:conhecer.
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