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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈno.sko/
- Rhymes: -osko
- Hyphenation: co‧nó‧sco
Verb
conosco
- first-person singular present indicative of conoscere
Latin
Verb
conōscō (present infinitive conōscere, perfect active conōvī, supine conitum); third conjugation (Late Latin)
- Alternative form of cognōscō (attested in the Vetus Itala)
Descendants
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Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese conosco, cõnosco, connosco, from com (“with”) + Old Galician-Portuguese nosco (“with us”). Noscum is attested in the Appendix Probi as a 'vulgar' form of Latin nobiscum. Displaced Old Portuguese nosco.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -osku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃku
- Hyphenation: co‧nos‧co
Adverb
conosco (Brazilian spelling)
- (prepositional) with us
Quer ir conosco?- Want to go with us?
Usage notes
Brazilian speakers who use this pronoun colloquially (instead of a gente) may not make the contraction and use com nós instead. This is highly proscribed but common. European Portuguese speakers use connosco instead.
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