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know

knew, known UK: /nəʊ/ US: /noʊ/

Translation

v [t, i]
saber
I know where you live
Sé dónde vives
Do you know how to use this program?
¿Sabes usar este programa?
God knows!
¡Sabe Dios!
You never know
Nunca se sabe
as far as I know
que yo sepa
constr. 1. to know + (that) 2. to know + to do sth 3. to know + interrogativa indirecta
v [t]
conocer
Do you know him?
¿Lo conoces?
That is also known as...
Eso también se conoce como...
reconocer
to get to know
llegar a conocer
to know one's stuff (inform)
saber mucho [de algo]
ser experto,ta [en algo]
to let sb know (sth)
informar a alguien [de algo]
avisar a alguien [de algo]
I phoned my friends to let them know that I would arrive early
Llamé a mis amigos para avisarles de que llegaría pronto
Véase tb: as far as I know; for aught I know; the next thing I knew; to {know/learn} the ropes; to be widely known; to know one's stuff; to know sth inside out; to know what sb is on about; to let sb know (sth)
(Definition of know vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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