conoced

Conoced is the second-person plural imperative form of the Spanish verb conocer, meaning “to know” or “to become acquainted with.” It is used to address a group of people (vosotros) and tell them to know or meet something or someone. The form is common in Spain and in texts that preserve the vosostros imperative, but it is rarely used in most Latin American varieties, which favor vosotros alternatives or the ustedes forms in commands.

In standard conjugation, conocer is irregular in the first-person singular present tense (yo conozco), while the imperative forms follow the regular vosostros pattern for -er verbs. The affirmative imperative is conoced, and the negative imperative is no conozcáis. For speakers who use ustedes instead of vosotros, the affirmative and negative commands would typically be conocen ustedes or no conozcan ustedes, respectively, or simply usan the present subjunctive form no conozcan.

Etymologically, conocer comes from the Latin cognoscere, meaning “to become acquainted with” or “to know.” The vosostros imperative conoced preserves a historical form that remains part of modern Spanish in regions that maintain the vosotros usage.

Usage notes and examples: Conoced a vuestros vecinos para saber con quién vivís; Conoced las reglas del juego antes de empezar. In most contemporary Latin American contexts, you would instead hear or see the usted/ustedes commands for a group (conozcan, no conozcan) rather than conoced, reflecting regional variation in second-person plural pronouns and verb forms.