conosco

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈnos.ko/
• 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)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of conōscō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	conōscō		conōscis		conōscit		conōscimus		conōscitis		conōscunt
	imperfect	conōscēbam		conōscēbās		conōscēbat		conōscēbāmus		conōscēbātis		conōscēbant
	future	conōscam		conōscēs		conōscet		conōscēmus		conōscētis		conōscent
	perfect	conōvī		conōvistī, conōstī1		conōvit, conōt1		conōvimus, conōmus1		conōvistis, conōstis1		conōvērunt, conōrunt, conōvēre1
	pluperfect	conōveram, conōram1		conōverās, conōrās1		conōverat, conōrat1		conōverāmus, conōrāmus1		conōverātis, conōrātis1		conōverant, conōrant1
	future perfect	conōverō, conōrō1		conōveris, conōris1		conōverit, conōrit1		conōverimus, conōrimus1		conōveritis, conōritis1		conōverint, conōrint1
passive	present	conōscor		conōsceris, conōscere		conōscitur		conōscimur		conōsciminī		conōscuntur
	imperfect	conōscēbar		conōscēbāris, conōscēbāre		conōscēbātur		conōscēbāmur		conōscēbāminī		conōscēbantur
	future	conōscar		conōscēris, conōscēre		conōscētur		conōscēmur		conōscēminī		conōscentur
	perfect	conitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	conitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	conitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	conōscam		conōscās		conōscat		conōscāmus		conōscātis		conōscant
	imperfect	conōscerem		conōscerēs		conōsceret		conōscerēmus		conōscerētis		conōscerent
	perfect	conōverim, conōrim1		conōverīs, conōrīs1		conōverit, conōrit1		conōverīmus, conōrīmus1		conōverītis, conōrītis1		conōverint, conōrint1
	pluperfect	conōvissem, conōssem1		conōvissēs, conōssēs1		conōvisset, conōsset1		conōvissēmus, conōssēmus1		conōvissētis, conōssētis1		conōvissent, conōssent1
passive	present	conōscar		conōscāris, conōscāre		conōscātur		conōscāmur		conōscāminī		conōscantur
	imperfect	conōscerer		conōscerēris, conōscerēre		conōscerētur		conōscerēmur		conōscerēminī		conōscerentur
	perfect	conitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	conitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		conōsce		—		—		conōscite		—
	future	—		conōscitō		conōscitō		—		conōscitōte		conōscuntō
passive	present	—		conōscere		—		—		conōsciminī		—
	future	—		conōscitor		conōscitor		—		—		conōscuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		conōscere			conōscī			conōscēns			—
future		conitūrum esse			conitum īrī			conitūrus			conōscendus, conōscundus
perfect		conōvisse, conōsse1			conitum esse			—			conitus
future perfect		—			conitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		conitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		conōscendī		conōscendō		conōscendum		conōscendō		conitum		conitū

¹The verb "nōscō" and its compounds frequently drop the syllables "vi" and "ve" from their perfect, pluperfect and future perfect conjugations.

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”), from Late Latin noscum, attested in the Appendix Probi as a proscribed, syncopic form of Classical Latin nobiscum.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈnos.ku/

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈnoʃ.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 nós colloquially (instead of a gente) may not make the contraction and use com nós instead; this is highly proscribed but common.
• European speakers use connosco / com a gente.

Coordinate terms

Portuguese personal pronouns

number	person		nominative	prepositional	accusative	dative	prepositional with com	non-declining
singular	1st		eu	mim	me		comigo	—
	2nd		tu	ti	te		contigo	você o senhor m a senhora f
	3rd	m	ele		o (lo, no)	lhe	com ele	o mesmo
		f	ela		a (la, na)		com ela	a mesma
plural	1st		nós		nos		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)	a gente
	2nd		vós		vos		convosco com vós	vocês os senhores m as senhoras f
	3rd	m	eles		os (los, nos)	lhes	com eles	os mesmos
		f	elas		as (las, nas)		com elas	as mesmas
reflexive 3rd / indefinite			—	si	se		consigo	o mesmo etc. (reflexive)

Further reading

• “conosco”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “conosco”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026