¡Descubre cómo conjugar know en inglés, así como definiciones verbales, sinónimos, phrasal verbs relacionados y expresiones!
Tablas de conjugación de know en inglés
Conjugación del verbo know en indicativo
Verbo know en present simple
- I know
- You know
- He/she/it knows
- We know
- You know
- They know
Verbo know en present continuous
- I am knowing
- You are knowing
- He/she/it is knowing
- We are knowing
- You are knowing
- They are knowing
Verbo know past simple
- I knew
- You knew
- He/she/it knew
- We knew
- You knew
- They knew
Verbo know en past continuous
- I was knowing
- You were knowing
- He/she/it was knowing
- We were knowing
- You were knowing
- They were knowing
Verbo know en present perfect
- I have known
- You have known
- He/she/it has known
- We have known
- You have known
- They have known
Verbo know en present perfect continuous
- I have been knowing
- You have been knowing
- He/she/it has been knowing
- We have been knowing
- You have been knowing
- They have been knowing
Verbo know en past perfect
- I had known
- You had known
- He/she/it had known
- We had known
- You had known
- They had known
Verbo know en past perfect continuous
- I had been knowing
- You had been knowing
- He/she/it had been knowing
- We had been knowing
- You had been knowing
- They had been knowing
Verbo know en future
- I will know
- You will know
- He/she/it will know
- We will know
- You will know
- They will know
Verbo know en future continuous
- I will be knowing
- You will be knowing
- He/she/it will be knowing
- We will be knowing
- You will be knowing
- They will be knowing
Verbo know en future perfect
- I will have known
- You will have known
- He/she/it will have known
- We will have known
- You will have known
- They will have known
Verbo know en future perfect continuous
- I will have been knowing
- You will have been knowing
- He/she/it will have been knowing
- We will have been knowing
- You will have been knowing
- They will have been knowing
Conjugación del verbo know en condicional
Verbo know en conditional present
- I would know
- You would know
- He/she/it would know
- We would know
- You would know
- They would know
Verbo know en conditional present continuous
- I would be knowing
- You would be knowing
- He/she/it would be knowing
- We would be knowing
- You would be knowing
- They would be knowing
Verbo know en conditional perfect
- I would have known
- You would have known
- He/she/it would have known
- We would have known
- You would have known
- They would have known
Verbo know en conditional perfect continuous
- I would have been knowing
- You would have been knowing
- He/she/it would have been knowing
- We would have been knowing
- You would have been knowing
- They would have been knowing
Otras formas
El infinitivo de know
- to know
Participio presente de know
- knowing
Participio pasado de know
- known
El imperativo de know
- know
- let’s know
Al igual que to keep, to find, to do, to wear y to see, to know es un verbo irregular. Por lo tanto, debemos prestar especial atención al past simple y al participio pasado.
Definición de know en inglés
¿Qué significa el verbo know en inglés?
El Cambridge Dictionary ofrece varias definiciones del verbo know.
Veamos las principales:
1. To have information in your mind
I don’t know why she was so angry.
→ No sé por qué estaba tan enfadada.
2. Used to ask someone to tell you a piece of information
Do you know where the bus stop is?
→ ¿Sabes dónde está la parada del autobús?
3. To be certain
We know that they lied to us.
→ Sabemos que nos mintieron.
4. To be familiar with or have experience and understanding of
They’ve known each other since 1997.
→ Se conocen desde 1997.
5. If you know a subject, you are familiar with it and understand it
He doesn’t know anything about politics.
→ No sabe nada de política.
6. If you know a language, you can speak and understand it
She knows Japanese and Korean.
→ Habla japonés y coreano.
7. To recognize someone or something
I know kindness when I see it.
→ Reconozco la bondad cuando la encuentro.
Para consultar la página completa del Cambridge Dictionary, haz clic aquí.
Phrasal verbs con know en inglés
Recordatorio: los phrasal verbs (o “verbos con partícula”) son verbos que, al ir seguidos de otra palabra (la partícula), completan o modifican su significado original.
He aquí los principales phrasal verbs formados a partir del verbo know:
- know about something → estar al corriente / saber de
- know of somebody/something → oír hablar de alguien/algo
- know something from something → distinguir algo de algo, marcar la diferencia entre algo y otra cosa
Sinónimos de know en inglés
Según el contexto, se puede sustituir el verbo to know por uno de los siguientes verbos:
- comprehend → comprender
- discern → discernir, distinguir
- experience → experimentar
- feel → sentir
- notice → darse cuenta
- perceive → percibir
- realize → darse cuenta de
- recognize → reconocer
Expresiones con know en inglés
- as far as I know → hasta donde yo sé
- before you know it → antes de que uno se dé cuenta (informal)
- for all I know → hasta donde yo sé
- get to know one another → llegar a conocerse
- good to know (adjetivo) → bueno saberlo
- know a thing or two → saber un par de cosas (informal)
- know all the answers → saberlo todo (informal)
- know better → saber bien algo (informal)
- know no better → no saber hacerlo mejor
- know something by heart → saberse de memoria
- know something for certain → saber con certeza
- know the drill → conocer el tema
- know the ins and outs of something → conocer con detalle (informal)
- know the ropes → conocer el paño (informal)
- know the score → conocer la jugada (informal)
- know which side your bread is buttered → saber cuidar sus intereses
- know your onions → ser experto en algo (informal)
- know-it-all (sustantivo) → sabiondo, sabelotodo (peyorativo)
- let somebody know → poner al tanto a alguien