conhecer

• conhocer (obsolete)

From older conhocer, from Old Portuguese connocer, from Latin cognōscere, present active infinitive of cognōscō.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌku.ɲɨ.ˈseɾ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌko.ɲe.ˈse(ɻ)/

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

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

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

   Antonym: desconhecer

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

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

5. (law, transitive with de) to concede (to acknowledge an appeal)
6. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of conhecer
7. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of conhecer
8. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of conhecer
9. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of conhecer

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:conhecer.