B1verb
reconnaître
to acknowledge, to admit
Shown here in the infinitive — the form you look up.
« Il a reconnu son erreur devant toute l’équipe. »
“He acknowledged his mistake in front of the whole team.”
In other languages
- Spanish reconocer
- Portuguese reconhecer
- German eingestehen
- Italian riconoscere
- Arabic يعترف بـ
Related B1 words
In a story
« Il était devenu une petite école roulante, où la ville apprenait à se reconnaître. »
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