conhecer

• conhocer (obsolete)

From older conhocer, from Old Galician-Portuguese connocer, from Latin cognōscere.

• (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

conhecer (first-person singular present conheço, first-person singular preterite conheci, past participle conhecido)

1. (transitive) to know (be acquainted or familiar with)

   Antonym: desconhecer

   Não conheço esse livro. ― I don’t know this book.

2. (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.

3. (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.

4. 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?

5. (archaic, transitive) to know (have sexual relations with)

   Synonyms: fazer sexo com, transar com, (euphemistic) dormir com, (vulgar) foder, (slang) comer

6. (law, transitive with de) to concede (to acknowledge an appeal)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:conhecer.