Conocer Conjugation | How to Conjugate Conocer in Spanish

¡Hola! ¿Ya conoces al verbo conocer? In this article, I’ll show you all the conjugations for conocer. You’ll learn to conjugate the verb conocer in the different Spanish tenses. To make things easier, you’ll find a conjugation table for every tense. Conocer is a frequently used verb, but telling apart its conjugations can be tricky. We’ll show you the right way to apply its conjugations and some example sentences with translations to help you practice.

Conocer is an irregular verb meaning “to know.” It’s used to express familiarity with someone or something. People often mistake conocer for saber because they seem to have similar meanings. The difference between conocer and saber is that saber indicates deep understanding or knowing a topic, while conocer is used with places and people. The table below shows three common conjugations of the verb conocer: the infinitive, the gerund, and the past participle.

Here are three example sentences that use the conjugations of conocer from the table above:

• Infinitive: Él quiere conocer la diferencia entre ambas ciudades. (He wants to know the difference between both cities.)
• Gerund: Conociendo a su madre, eligió no decir nada. (Knowing her mother, she chose not to say anything.)
• Past Participle: Si hubiese conocido esta ruta, hubiese ahorrado mucho tiempo. (If i had known this route, I would have saved a lot of time.)

Now, we’ll conjugate conocer in the different Spanish tenses. The table below shows all the Spanish tenses. You can click on each one to see conocer conjugated in that specific tense.

How to Conjugate the Spanish Verb Conocer in Indicative Tense

The indicative tense is the most commonly used mood in Spanish. We use it to talk about facts, habits, descriptions, and to make statements. You can use it to describe events in the past, present, and future, so it’s quite useful. The indicative forms of conocer help us point out people and places we know. We’ll study the following indicative tenses: indicative present, indicative future, indicative preterite, indicative imperfect, and indicative conditional.

Indicative Present

We use the indicative present tense to talk about actions in the current time. In the case of the verb conocer, you can use its indicative present form to describe someone or someplace you currently know. For example, you can say, “Él conoce el valle como la palma de su mano,” which means, “He knows the valley like the back of his hand.”

You can find the Spanish verb conjugations of conocer in the indicative present below:

Here are some example sentences showing how use the indicative present tense conjugations:

• Ellos conocen a todos sus primos. / They know all their cousins.
• Nosotros no conocemos las profundidades del océano. / We don’t know the depths of the sea.
• ¿Tú conoces ese restaurante? / Do you know that restaurant?

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Indicative Future

The indicative future tense is used to discuss events that will happen. You can use conocer in this tense to talk about places or people you will know in the future. Notice that “meet” is used instead of “know” when talking about people, because the action is taking place later in time. For example, you can say, “Conoceré a mi tío el fin de semana,” which means, “I will meet my uncle on the weekend.” You can still use “know” when talking about a place in phrases like, “Conoceré bien el campus dentro de un par de semanas” which means, “I will know the campus well after a couple of weeks.”

Below, you can find the conjugation table for conocer in the indicative future tense: