- conocerse
- conocerse► verbo pronominal1 (a sí mismo) to know oneself; (dos o más personas) to know each other; (por primera vez) to meet, get to know■ conócete a ti mismo know yourself■ nos conocemos desde hace un año we've known each other for a year■ nos conocimos en Berlín we first met in Berlín* * *1) to know oneself2) know each other3) meet* * *VPR1) [uso reflexivo]
conocerse a sí mismo — to know o.s.
2) [uso recíproco]a) (=tener relación 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's no need to introduce us
b) [por primera vez] to meet¿dónde os conocisteis? — where did you (first) meet?
se conocieron en un baile — they met at a dance
c) (=familiarizarse) to get to know each other, get to know one anotherJuan y yo nunca llegamos a conocernos bien — Juan and I never really got to know each other
3) (=reconocerse) [uno mismo] to recognize o.s.; [dos personas] to recognize each otherno 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 knowme 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's been told about it, it seems that he's been told about it
se conoce que no le ha sentado bien — he's obviously not best pleased
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■conocerse verbo reflexivo (dos personas) to know each other: nos conocimos en una fiesta, we met at a party
'conocerse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
conocer
English:
filter out
- filter through
- go under
- meet
* * *♦ vpr1. [uno mismo] to know oneself;él se conoce mejor que nadie he knows himself better than anyone2. [dos o más personas] [por primera vez] to meet, to get to know each other;[desde hace tiempo] to know each other;nos conocimos en la recepción de la embajada we met at the ambassador's reception;no me engañes, nos conocemos demasiado you can't fool me, we know each other too well;se conocen de vista they know each other by sight;se conocen de oídas they have heard of each other;CompRPsomos pocos y nos conocemos we know each other too well3. [saber en detalle] to know;se conoce todos los trucos del oficio she knows all the tricks of the trade;se conoce todas las calles de la ciudad he knows every street in the city4. [haberse descubierto]no se conoce ninguna cura para el cáncer no cure for cancer is known;no se le conoce ninguna debilidad he is not known to have any weaknesses, he has not been found to have any weaknesses5. [reconocerse]se conoce su tristeza por los rasgos de su rostro you can tell she's sad by looking at her face♦ v impersonal[parecer]se conoce que… apparently…;se conoce que hacía tiempo que estaba enfermo apparently, he had been ill for some time;se conoce que cambió de opinión en el último momento apparently she changed her mind at the last minute;¿no sabes quién es? se conoce que no ves la televisión don't you know who she is? you can tell you never watch television* * *conocersev/r1 know each other2 por primera vez meet each other3 a sí mismo know o.s.4:se conoce que it seems that* * *vr1) : to know each other2) : to meet3) : to know oneself* * *conocerse vb1. (en general) to know one another [pt. knew; pp. known]nos conocemos desde hace años we've known one another for years2. (por primera vez) to meet [pt. & pp. met]¿cuándo os conocisteis? when did you meet?
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.