conhecer

Portuguese[edit]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.ɲeˈse(ʁ)/ [kõ.j̃eˈse(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.ɲeˈse(ɾ)/ [kõ.j̃eˈse(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.ɲeˈse(ʁ)/ [kõ.j̃eˈse(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ko.ɲeˈse(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɲɨˈseɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ku.ɲɨˈse.ɾi/

(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)

(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 of conhecer (c-ç alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:conhecer.