professar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.fəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.fəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.feˈsaɾ]
• Homophone: professà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

professar (first-person singular present professo, first-person singular preterite professí, past participle professat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to profess (a belief or opinion)
2. (transitive) to profess, to feel (a strong emotion)
3. (transitive) to practice (a science or art)
4. (intransitive, religion) to fulfill one's religious vows

Conjugation

    Conjugation of professar (first conjugation)

infinitive			professar
gerund			professant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		professat		professada
		plural		professats		professades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	professo	professes	professa	professem	professeu	professen
	imperfect	professava	professaves	professava	professàvem	professàveu	professaven
	future	professaré	professaràs	professarà	professarem	professareu	professaran
	preterite	professí	professares	professà	professàrem	professàreu	professaren
	conditional	professaria	professaries	professaria	professaríem	professaríeu	professarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	professi	professis	professi	professem	professeu	professin
	imperfect	professés	professessis	professés	professéssim	professéssiu	professessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	professa	professi	professem	professeu	professin
	negative (no)	—	no professis	no professi	no professem	no professeu	no professin

Related terms

• professor

Further reading

• “professar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “professar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “professar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “professar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.