conocer
Meanings
Verb
1. to know (a person or a place), to be familiar with, to be acquainted with
2. to meet (in the preterite tense)
3. to get to know, become acquainted (with) (in the future tense)
4. to see, to visit, to explore (i.e., to get to know a place for the first time)
5. to hear, to know (implies hearing for the first time)
6. to discover, to get to or come to know, to learn about, to find out
7. to know, to have known (reflexive, reciprocal)
8. to know oneself (reflexive)
9. to conceptualize or conceive
10. to know, have sex with. (archaic)
Examples1912
Se conocen desde la infancia.
They have known each other since childhood.
Una gallina negra que no haya conocida gallo
A black hen that has never known a cock
Me gustaría conocer su opinión sobre el material de origen.
I would like to hear your opinion about the source material.
Mucho gusto en conocerla
Nice to meet you. (to a woman)
¿Conoces el arca de Noé?
Do you know Noah's ark?
Tom conoció a Mary en Boston.
Tom first met Mary in Boston.