Knowing in spanish
pronunciation: koʊnoʊθimientoʊ part of speech: noun, adjective
know = conocer, saber. [Verbo irregular: pasado knew, participio known]
Example: However, in general, it is unreasonable to expect a user to know the ISBN of a book.more:
» and Heaven knows what else = y Dios sabe qué más.
Example: They're going to have department stores, and restaurants, and movie theatres, and bowling alleys, the whole nine yards, and Heaven knows what else.» as everybody knows = como es bien sabido, como es bien conocido, como todo el mundo sabe, como todo el mundo conoce.
Example: As everyone knows, I love grey skinny jeans in all shades.» as everyone knows = como es bien sabido, como es bien conocido, como todo el mundo sabe, como todo el mundo conoce.
Example: As everyone knows, the US is backing one side in the Syrian civil war.» as far as we know = según nuestro entender.
Example: As far as we know, the taxonomy presented here is the only one that directly addresses the field and, as such, it makes a significant contribution = Según nuestro entender, la taxonomía que se presenta aquí es la única que trata directamente esta disciplina, por lo que representa una contribución importante.» as we all know (well) = como todos (bien) sabemos.
Example: They can easily turn into delinquents and cause social disturbances, for, as we all know, the devil finds work for idle hands.» as we know it = tal como lo conocemos.
Example: The music industry as we know it is slowly fading into oblivion.» as you know = como sabes, como sabe, como sabéis, como saben.
Example: As you know, several weeks ago in our first encounter we may have gotten off on the wrong foot, when I called you an idiot.» be always the last (one) to know = ser siempre el último en enterarse.
Example: Over the year I found I was always the last one to know about any incidents or complaints unless someone wanted money.» before I know what's happened = en un tris, sin darme cuenta, inesperadamente, repentinamente.
Example: Then I came within this disagreeable person's atmosphere, and lo! before I know what's happened I'm involved in an unpleasant altercation.» before + Pronombre + know it = antes de darse cuenta; antes de nada; a lo tonto, a lo tonto.
Example: And, before I knew it, she had shoved her whole head in my coffee cup and taken a big slurp of my coffee!.» before + Pronombre + know what + happen = antes de darse cuenta, antes de nada.
Example: She took a shine to Sheldon, and before he knows what has happened, the misanthropic physicist finds himself with a girlfriend.» better the devil you know (than the devil you don't) = más vale malo conocido que bueno por conocer.
Example: In a way it's probably just as well the deputy has become the new chief; it's a case of better the devil you know.» for all we know = muy posiblemente, quizás.
Example: For all we know, this department may never have put together a policy for something like this -- some prefer to keep sticking their heads in the sand.» for all you know = muy posiblemente, quizás.
Example: And for all you know, he might wake up all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed tomorrow and not remembered a thing!.» foreknow = conocer de antemano.
Example: Classical theists also maintain both that some individuals will earn eternal life and that God infallibly foreknows the future.» get to + know = empezar a conocer, conocer, familiarizarse con, llegar a conocer.
Example: I'm generally shy by nature, and I have to really get to know people before I begin to feel comfortable with them.» get to + know + Nombre + better = empezar a conocer mejor, conocer mejor, familiarizarse mejor con, llegar a conocer mejor.
Example: She's decided to invite her around her flat for dinner, to get the opportunity to get to know her better.» God knows! = ¡Dios sabe!.
Example: It has been the habit, where man lacked any particular knowledge, of saying, 'God knows!'.» God knows how = Dios sabe cómo.
Example: The gap was about a foot wide so God knows how she fit through without hurting herself.» God knows what = Dios sabe lo que.
Example: God knows what she saw in him, but they make a cute couple however odd.» God knows when = Dios sabe cuándo.
Example: We've been best friends since God knows when.» God knows where = Dios sabe dónde.
Example: Only God knows where or when we'll meet again.» God knows who = Dios sabe quién.
Example: Weyane has already rotted from within and will collapse eventually and God knows who will come to power after that in Ethiopia.» God knows why = Dios sabe por qué.
Example: I'd love to see that son of a bitch roasted on a spit, but only God knows why she's sticking by his side.» have more + Nombre + than + Pronombre + know + what to do with = tener tanto + Nombre + que no + saber + lo que hacer con + Nombre.
Example: With two languages and more budding actors than it knows what to do with, Montreal is an epicenter for the performing arts.» Heaven knows (that) = Dios sabe que.
Example: Heaven knows I try to hold back the river, but these tears I cry won't bring you home.» if you know where to look = si sabes donde mirar, si sabes qué hay que hacer, si sabes lo que hay que hacer, si sabes lo que hacer.
Example: You can get rid of uric acid in your body quite naturally if you know where to look.» in the know = al tanto, a la onda, al loro.
Example: Digerati is the digital version of literati and refers to a vague cloud of people seen to be knowledgeable, hip, or otherwise in-the-know in regards to the digital revolution.» It's not what we(you) know, but who we(you) know = No importa lo que se conoce, sino a quién se conoce.
Example: But now she was beginning to wonder if there was any truth to the old adage that 'It's not what you know, but who you know'.» know + Algo + like the back of + Posesivo + hand = conocer Algo como la palma de + Posesivo + mano.
Example: Having lived there practically all of his life, he reveals that he knows the place like the back of his hand.» know-all = listillo, sabihondo, sabelotodo.
Example: Clever-clogs is British slang for a know-all or know-it-all.» know + all too well = conocer demasiado bien, conocer perfectamente, conocer muy bien, conocer de sobra, saber demasiado bien, saber perfectamente, saber muy bien, saber de sobra.
Example: If you are self-employed or own a small business, you know all too well that out-of-control overhead costs can be crippling.» know + a thing or two about = saber un par de cosas sobre, conocer un par de cosas sobre, saber cuatro cosas sobre, conocer cuatro cosas sobre, entender mucho de, saberlo todo sobre, conocerlo todo sobre.
Example: But give credit where credit is due, Berger knows a thing or two about farming.» know (by/from) + experience = conocer por experiencia.
Example: People who have used cases in teaching know from experience that some person or persons will give an entirely new interpretation to case data and so will give a case a new twist.» know + everything = saberlo todo, conocerlo todo.
Example: As an entrepreneur, manager, or businessperson who is hoping to gain credibility, the worst thing you can do is to think you know everything.» know for + a (dead) certainty = saber con certeza, saber de seguro, saber a ciencia cierta, conocer a ciencia cierta, conocer con certeza, conocer de seguro, estar completamente seguro, estar totalmente seguro.
Example: I then knew for a dead certainty that I could go the distance against a relentless opponent, and my critics knew it, too.» know for + a fact = saber con certeza, saber de seguro, saber a ciencia cierta, conocer a ciencia cierta, conocer con certeza, conocer de seguro.
Example: Here's the question: If you knew for a fact that you only had seven years to live, what would you do?.» know for + (dead) certain = saber con certeza, saber de seguro, saber a ciencia cierta, conocer a ciencia cierta, conocer con certeza, conocer de seguro, estar completamente seguro, estar totalmente seguro.
Example: I know for certain I was moony and lonely, feeling dissatisfied with myself, and wanted only to be alone that night.» know for + sure = saber con certeza, saber de seguro, saber a ciencia cierta, conocer a ciencia cierta, conocer con certeza, conocer de seguro.
Example: The whole extent of Chernobyl's damage -- both in terms of human casualties and environmental destruction -- may never be known for sure.» know + full well = conocer muy bien, saber muy bien, conocer de sobra, saber de sobra, conocer a ciencia cierta, saber a ciencia cierta, conocer con conocimiento de causa, saber con conocimiento de causa.
Example: They know full well that if their plan is okayed by the Supreme Court, almost every Latino community in Texas would be underrepresented in legislatures.» know-how = técnica, conocimiento técnico.
Example: What was lacking, however, was the know-how for forming and running such groups.» know + Nombre + inside-out = conocer Algo al dedillo, saberse Algo al dedillo, conocer Algo de cabo a rabo.
Example: On the contrary, they are connoisseurs because they know their subject inside-out: the good, bad and indifferent.» know-it-all = listillo, sabihondo, sabelotodo.
Example: Clever-clogs is British slang for a know-all or know-it-all.» know + Nombre + by heart = conocer de memoria, saber de memoria, conocer Algo de carretilla, conocer Algo al dedillo.
Example: This tune is noted for its tin-pan alley style, frankly atrocious lyrics, and the fact that everyone in the country knew it by heart.» know + Nombre + familiarly = conocer en detalle.
Example: She often sets her fiction in places other than the American South, places she knows just as familiarly as her home turf, though -- namely, Italy and Canada.» know + Nombre + first-hand = conocer de primera mano.
Example: Chile was once her home, she grew up and completed high school there, and she knew first-hand some of the country's needs for advancing the field of librarianship.» know + Nombre + off by heart = saber de memoria, conocer de memoria.
Example: The emergency call number should always be known off by heart!.» know + Nombre + off pat = conocer de memoria, saber de memoria, conocer Algo de carretilla, conocer Algo al dedillo.
Example: They are reviewed and changed every year, so don't assume you know them off pat.» know + on some grounds = saber de algún modo, conocer de algún modo.
Example: Each test involves obtaining a cluster of about five documents known on some grounds to be related in subject matter, and retrieving their descriptors from at least two data bases.» know + Posesivo + oats = saber de lo que Uno estar hablando, conocer muy bien la materia, ser un experto en la materia, conocer muy bien + Posesivo + oficio, conocer muy bien + Poseesivo + trabajo, hablar con propiedad, hablar con conocimiento de causa.
Example: It looks like your palm reader really knows her oats and she reads tea leaves too.» know + Posesivo + onions = saber de lo que Uno estar hablando, conocer muy bien la materia, ser un experto en la materia, conocer muy bien + Posesivo + oficio, conocer muy bien + Poseesivo + trabajo, hablar con propiedad, hablar con conocimiento de causa.
Example: Thank goodness he had listened to the office secretary again, she knew her onions.» know + Posesivo + stuff = saber de lo que Uno estar hablando, conocer muy bien la materia, ser un experto en la materia, conocer muy bien + Posesivo + oficio, conocer muy bien + Posesivo + trabajo, hablar con propiedad, hablar con conocimiento de causa.
Example: It is a richly documented, smoothly narrated, and lavishly illustrated study by a historian who knows his stuff and tells it with panache.» know + the ins and outs of = conocer todos los pormenores de, conocer todos los pros y los contras de, conocer por dentro y por fuera.
Example: A reputable adaptive vehicle dealer will know the ins and outs of each particular model available, and will be able to help you find the vehicle that will best suit your needs and your budget.» know + the ropes = conocer los tejemanejes, saberse los tejemanejes, conocer todos los trucos, estar al tanto de todo.
Example: She wasn't particularly worried though, she knew the ropes and could get herself home safe and sound.» know + the truth = conocer la verdad, saber la verdad.
Example: Everyone thinks she's just a dotty old woman, but Joe knows the truth.» know + thyself = conócete a ti mismo.
Example: The author advances some underlying principles that should guide Web design, e. g. knowing the tools, using appropriate means to an appropriate end, and 'knowing thyself'.» know + underneath = saber interiormente.
Example: But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.» know + what + Pronombre + be + talking about = saber de lo que Uno estar hablando, conocer muy bien la materia, hablar con propiedad, hablar con conocimiento de causa.
Example: As the years tumbled by, one after another, she gradually came to understand that her Mom really knew what she was talking about.» know + what's what = conocer (perfectamente) lo que Uno se trae entre manos, saber (perfectamente) lo que Uno se trae entre manos, no tener (ni) un pelo de tonto, no + creerse + que + chuparse + el dedo.
Example: Amy may play the 'dumb blonde' persona, but she knows what's what.» let + Nombre + know = hacer saber, decir, hacer partícipe, avisar, percatar.
Example: Then the secretary, having rallied herself, said forlornly 'I'll let him know you're here in a minute'.» let + the world know = decírselo a todo el mundo, hacer que todo el mundo lo sepa.
Example: She was on their side and she let the world know.» little do + Pronombre + know that... = quién + Pronombre + ir a decir que....
Example: Little did I know that I was about to spend the next 11 hours of my life in a conference room, listening to a very meandering speaker.» not know = ignorar.
Example: It was hard not to know that last week's episode was the next to last episode for Atlantis.» not know + Pronombre + from Adam = ser un desconocido, ser un total extraño, no conocer a Alguien de nada, no conocer a Alguien para nada, no conocer a Alguien en absoluto.
Example: But the man in the street wouldn't know them from Adam.» not know + Pronombre + from a hole in the wall = ser un desconocido, ser un total extraño, no conocer a Alguien de nada, no conocer a Alguien para nada, no conocer a Alguien en absoluto.
Example: Although my father 'didn't know her from a hole in the wall,' he walked into a bank and vouched for her creditworthiness.» not know the first thing about = no tener ni idea sobre Algo, desconocer totalmente Algo, no tener ni puta idea sobre Algo, no tener ni pajolera idea sobre Algo, no tener ni puñetera idea sobre Algo.
Example: The article is entitled 'We don't know the first thing about digitization: Assessing the Need for Digitization Training'.» not know where to turn next = no saber qué hacer (a continuación).
Example: There are moments when someone feels that they have come up against a brick wall and they don't quite know where to turn next.» one never knows... = nunca se sabe....
Example: One never knows where the solution to a problem lies.» the next thing + Pronombre + know = y antes de nada, y antes de que + Pronombre + dar + cuenta.
Example: The next thing you know, people will never leave their house for any real social interactions and everyone will be gaming all day long.» those in the know = los entendidos.
Example: According to those in the know there's a debt of 1.2 million on a yearly turnover of about 3 million = Según los entendidos, en una facturación anual de cerca de 3 millones se acumula una deuda de 1,2 millones de dólares .» who knows? = ¿quién sabe?.
Example: Who knows? If we can abolish the card catalogue and replace it with some form more acceptable to library users, they may even begin to use library catalogues!.» who knows how = quién sabe cómo.
Example: Who knows how the pony will take to it, or if she will even enjoy the discipline that your friend wants to train her for.» who knows what = que sabe lo que.
Example: One key to success is a principal who knows what is needed and can put a plan in place.» who knows what = quién sabe lo que.
Example: When it comes to 'student-centered' teaching, who knows what teachers are talking about?.» who knows what = quién sabe qué.
Example: You must have been struck with how dismal international relations have become with the demise of the nation-state and its replacement with who-knows-what.» who knows when = quién sabe cuándo.
Example: Avoid starting a project and leaving it half-finished until who knows when.» who knows who = quién sabe quién.
Example: Who knows who will be in the building...but it will be star-studded!.» who knows why = quién sabe por qué.
Example: Who knows why she is smiling, but who cares?.» you might be surprised to know that... = te sorprendería saber que..., te sorprendería conocer que....
Example: You might be surprised to know that the invention of swimming flippers did not come from looking at fish, and it did not come recently!.knowing = a sabiendas, intencionado, consciente, de complicidad, cómplice.
Example: 'Much as I hate to admit it,' she added, her face creasing in a knowing smile, 'some of my best friends are librarians, and I can't get over how they tear their colleagues to shreds when they're together' = "Siento mucho admitirlo", ella añadió mientras su cara se arrugaba dibujándose en ella una sonrisa de complicidad, "algunos de mis mejores amigos son bibliotecarios y no puedo entender cómo critican a otros colegas suyos cuando se jutan".more:
» give + a knowing nod to = hacer un guiño a.
Example: His clever lyrics give a knowing nod to his contemporaries, while his smooth vocals and deft piano skills assure you that this is truly something new.» give + Nombre + a knowing nod = asentir con la cabeza, dar un asentimiento con la cabeza.
Example: We gave each other knowing nods and headed in different directions.» knowing nod = asentimiento con la cabeza, señal de asentimiento con la cabeza.
Example: They greeted each other with an embrace, two air kisses and a knowing nod -- there was clearly mutual respect, mutual admiration, between them.» rest + easy (knowing) that = tener la seguridad de que, tener la certeza de que, dar por seguro que, estar tranquilo que, no preocuparse que.
Example: So you can rest easy that you are getting the very best.» unknowing = inconsciente, ignorante, sin saberlo, sin conocerlo.
Example: It has often been said that people live their lives in a blissful and unknowing ignorance of the dangers the country faces.