poznati

познати

/pǒznati/ · perfective · impf.: poznavati

VERB

to recognize

Izvini, nisam te poznao sa naočarima. — Sorry, I didn't recognize you with glasses.

Odmah sam poznala njen glas. — I recognized her voice right away.
formal to come to know; to experience

U životu je poznao i siromaštvo i bogatstvo. — In his life he knew both poverty and wealth.

'To know someone' is poznavati (poznajem); in speech 'to recognize' is more often prepoznati.

Synonyms:

prepoznati upoznati iskusiti

Forms

Past (masc.): poznao

Imperative: poznaj