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conoscere

"conoscere" means "to know, to meet, to experience" in Italian. It is number 539 on the frequency list, in A2 (verb).

Meaning

to know, to meet, to experience; to recognise/recognize

IPA

/koˈnoʃ.ʃe.re/

Forms in this course

conosco, conosci, conosce, conosciuto

Level

A2

Practice this word

Updated October 21, 2026

Example sentences

• Le conosco.
  I know them.
  Tatoeba: Pharamp / CK
• Li conosco.
  I know them.
  Tatoeba: Pharamp / CK
• La conosco.
  I know her.
  Tatoeba: Pharamp / CM

Learned together

In the course, "conoscere" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.

• entrare to enter, to go in
• amare to love, to like
• parere to look, to seem, to appear
• farti to make you, to do to you…
• vivere to live
• provare to try, to try out, to test
• dimmi tell me (di' + mi)
• farmi to make me, to let me (fare +…
• lavorare to work

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