conosco

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈno.sko/
• Rhymes: -osko
• Hyphenation: co‧nó‧sco

Verb

conosco

1. first-person singular present indicative of conoscere

Latin

Verb

conōscō (present infinitive conōscere, perfect active conōvī, supine conitum); third conjugation (Late Latin)

1. Alternative form of cognōscō (attested in the Vetus Itala)

Descendants

• see: cognōscō

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• connosco (Portugal)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese conosco, cõnosco, connosco, from com (“with”) + Old Galician-Portuguese nosco (“with us”). Noscum is attested in the Appendix Probi as a 'vulgar' form of Latin nobiscum. Displaced Old Portuguese nosco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈnos.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈnos.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /koˈnoʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈnos.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kuˈnoʃ.ku/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -osku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -oʃku
• Hyphenation: co‧nos‧co

Adverb

conosco (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. (prepositional) with us

   Quer ir conosco?

   Want to go with us?

Usage notes

Brazilian speakers who use this pronoun colloquially (instead of a gente) may not make the contraction and use com nós instead. This is highly proscribed but common. European Portuguese speakers use connosco / com a gente instead.

Coordinate terms

• comigo
• consigo
• contigo
• convosco