reconocer

/rekonoˈθeɾ/, [re.ko.noˈθeɾ]

recognize


Verb reconocer (first-person singular present reconozco, first-person singular preterite reconocí, past participle reconocido)

  1. to recognize
  2. to acknowledge, to own
  3. to distinguish

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Examples
  • ¿Puedes reconocer esto?

    Can you identify this?

  • Un héroe a menudo es solo una persona sin la habilidad de reconocer el peligro.

    A hero is often just a person who doesn't have the ability to recognise danger.

  • Tom fue el primero en reconocer el don para la música de María.

    Tom was the first one to recognize Mary's musical talent.

  • No la pude reconocer al principio.

    I couldn't recognize her at first.

  • Hay que reconocer que todo se lo debemos a ella.

    It must be recognized that we owe it all to her.

  • Yo prefiero la letra tradicional. Debido a la abundancia de material de lectura en letra simplificada, también puedo reconocer muchas de esas.

    I prefer traditional characters. Due to the abundance of reading materials in simplified characters, I can recognize many of them too.

  • Cuando alguien admite que no hay nada seguro, debe, creo yo, también reconocer que algunas cosas son mucho más casi seguras que otras.

    When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others.

  • Lo puedo reconocer incluso de entre una multitud.

    I can recognize him even in a crowd.

  • Las supersticiones provienen de la incapacidad de los hombres a reconocer que las coincidencias son simplemente coincidencias.

    Superstitions derive from the inability of men to acknowledge that coincidences are merely coincidences.

  • ¿Puedes reconocer a la persona en esta fotografía?

    Can you recognise the person in this picture?

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