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"Tatuaje"proviene de una traducción erróneapor parte de unos marineros del Pacífico que quedaron fascinados con los tattoos que vieronen sus viajes.
conocer / to know
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conocer
A. -transitive verb
1. [+persona]
1.1. (=saber quiénoun es) to know
·conozco a todos sus hermanos
·I know all his brothers and sisters
·¿de qué lo conoces?
·where do you know him from?
·la conozco de haber trabajado juntos
·I know her from having worked with her
·¿conoces a Pedro?
·have you met Pedro?, do you know Pedro?
a. no me conoce de [nada] = he doesn't know me from Adam
b. la conozco de [oídas] = I've heard of her, I know of her
c. lo conozco de [vista] = I know him by sight
1.2. (=ver por primera vez) to meet
·la conocí en Sevilla
·I met her in Seville
1.3. (=saber cómo es) to get to know
·cuando la conozcas mejor
·when you get to know her better
·la única forma de conocerlo es vivir con él
·the only way to get to know him is to live with him
a. la conozco como la palma de la mano I know her like the back of my hand
b. la conozco como si la hubiera parido I know her inside out, I can read her like a book
1.4. (=reconocer) to recognize, know
·te he conocido por el modo de andar
·I recognized o knew you from the way you walk
2. (=tener conocimiento de)
[+masculineétodo, resultado] to know
[+noticia] to hear
·conozco un camino masculineánoun corto
·I know a shorter way
·ella conoce una forma masculineánoun feminineácil de hacerlo
·she knows an easier way to do it
·el enfermo debe conocer la verdad
·the patient must be told o must know the truth
·conozco las dificultades
·I know (about) the difficulties
·no conocía tus dotes de pintor
·I didn't know what a good painter you were
·conocía la existencia de los documentos
·she knew of the documents' existence
·queremos conocer de cerca la situaciónoun
·we want to get to know the situation at first hand
·investigaciones destinadas a conocer la [verdad]
·investigations aimed at establishing the truth
·masculineánoun vale lo malo conocido que lo bueno por conocer
·better the devil you know than the devil you don't
3. [+paínoun, ciudad]
·me encantaría conocer China
·I would love to go to China
·no conozco Buenos Aires
·I've never been to Buenos Aires, I don't know Buenos Aires
·quiero conocer [mundo]
·I want to see the world
4. (=dominar) to know
·conoce su oficio
·he knows his job
·no conozco mucho el tema
·I don't know much about the subject
·conoce cuatro idiomas
·she speaks o knows four languages
5. (=experimentar)
·ha conocido dos guerras mundiales
·she has lived through two world wars
·los muchos terremotos que ha conocido Italia
·the many earthquakes there have been in Italy
·todavía no ha conocido el amor
·he'noun never known love
6. (=distinguir) to know, tell
·conoce cuáles son buenos y cuáles malos
·he knows o can tell which are good and which are bad
·por tu cara se te conoce que estánoun sano
·you can tell from your face that you are healthy
7. [dar] a conocer
[+informaciónoun] to announce
[+declaraciónoun, informe, cifras] to release
·dio a conocer sus intenciones
·she announced her intentions, she made her intentions known
·dieron a conocer el ganador del premio a travénoun de la radio
·the prize was announced on the radio
·no dieron a conocer su paradero por motivos de seguridad
·they didn't reveal where they were staying for security reasons
·los hechos se dieron a conocer en enero
·the facts came to light in January
b. [darse] a conocer
[persona] to become known, make a name for o.noun.
·se dio a conocer en una película de Almodóvar
·he made his name in an Almodóvar film
·darse a conocer a somebody, someone
·to make o.noun. known to somebody
8. (law, legal)
[+causa] to try
B. -intransitive verb
1. (=saber)
a. conocer [de] algo
·¿alguien conoce de algúnoun libro sobre el tema?
·does anybody know (of) a book on the subject?
2. (law, legal)
·conocer de o en una causa
·to try a case
C.
-pronominal verb
1. (uso reflexivo)
·conocerse a nouní mismo
·to know o.noun.
2. (uso recíproco)
2.1. (=tener relaciónoun con) to know each other, know one another
·¿os conocéis?
·have you met?, do you know each other?
·ya nos conocemos, no hace falta que nos presentes
·we've already met, there'noun no need to introduce us
2.2. (por primera vez) to meet
·¿dónde os conocisteis?
·where did you (first) meet?
·se conocieron en un baile
·they met at a dance
2.3. (=familiarizarse) to get to know each other, get to know one another
·Juan y yo nunca llegamos a conocernos bien
·Juan and I never really got to know each other
3. (=reconocerse)
[uno mismo] to recognize o.noun.
[dos personas] to recognize each other
·no me conocía en la foto
·I didn't recognize myself in the photo
·se miraron pero no se conocieron
·they looked at each other but didn't recognize each other
4. (=saber) to know
·me lo conozco de memoria
·I know it off by heart
5. (uso impersonal)
·se conocen varios casos
·several cases are known
·se conocen con el nombre de composites
·they are known as composites
·a esta enfermedad no se le conoce cura
·this illness has no known cure
·no se le conoce ninguna novia
·he doesn't have a girlfriend as far as anyone knows
·se conoce que ...
·apparently ..., it seems that ...
·se conoce que se lo han contado
·apparently he'noun been told about it, it seems that he'noun been told about it
·se conoce que no le ha sentado bien
·he'noun obviously not best pleased
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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