coñecer
Appearance
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese connocer (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Latin cognōscere.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]coñecer (first-person singular present coñezo, first-person singular preterite coñecín, past participle coñecido)
- to know
- to be familiar with, be acquainted with
Usage notes
[edit]Like Portuguese and Spanish, Galician has two different verbs that are usually translated to English as “to know”. The verb saber relates to factual knowledge and skills. In contrast, the verb coñecer relates to familiarity with people or places.
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of coñecer (c-z alternation)
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “coñoçer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “connocer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “coño”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “coñecer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “coñecer”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
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- Galician terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese
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- Galician terms inherited from Latin
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- Galician verbs
- Galician verbs ending in -er
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