confessar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin cōnfessāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuɱ.fəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koɱ.fəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koɱ.feˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

confessar (first-person singular present confesso, first-person singular preterite confessí, past participle confessat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive, intransitive) to confess
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to confess [+ amb (object) = to]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confessar (first conjugation)

infinitive			confessar
gerund			confessant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		confessat		confessada
		plural		confessats		confessades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	confesso	confesses	confessa	confessem	confesseu	confessen
	imperfect	confessava	confessaves	confessava	confessàvem	confessàveu	confessaven
	future	confessaré	confessaràs	confessarà	confessarem	confessareu	confessaran
	preterite	confessí	confessares	confessà	confessàrem	confessàreu	confessaren
	conditional	confessaria	confessaries	confessaria	confessaríem	confessaríeu	confessarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	confessi	confessis	confessi	confessem	confesseu	confessin
	imperfect	confessés	confessessis	confessés	confesséssim	confesséssiu	confessessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	confessa	confessi	confessem	confesseu	confessin
	negative (no)	—	no confessis	no confessi	no confessem	no confesseu	no confessin

Derived terms

• confessable
• confessant

Related terms

• confés
• confessió
• confessor

Further reading

• “confessar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Occitan

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin confessō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

confessar

1. to confess

Related terms

• confession

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cõfessar (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese confessar, from Ecclesiastical Latin cōnfessāre (“to confess”) (possibly an inheritance), a derivative of Latin cōnfessus, past participle of cōnfiteor (“to confess, to admit”) from con- + fateor (“to admit”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/ [kõ.feˈsa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/ [kõ.feˈsa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.feˈsa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/ [kõ.feˈsa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.feˈsa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fɨˈsaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fɨˈsaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fɨˈsa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧fes‧sar

Verb

confessar (first-person singular present confesso, first-person singular preterite confessei, past participle confessado)

2. (transitive) to confess; to own up to; to admit to (to admit one has done something, especially something bad)

   Synonym: admitir

4. (religion, transitive or intransitive) to confess (to disclose one’s sins to a clergyman)
6. (religion, transitive) to confess (to hear someone’s confessions)
8. (chiefly religion, transitive) to confess; to follow (to have a given religion or set of beliefs)

   Synonym: seguir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confessar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	confessar
Personal	confessar	confessares	confessar	confessarmos	confessardes	confessarem
Gerund
	confessando
Past participle
Masculine	confessado			confessados
Feminine	confessada			confessadas
Indicative
Present	confesso	confessas	confessa	confessamos	confessais	confessam
Imperfect	confessava	confessavas	confessava	confessávamos	confessáveis	confessavam
Preterite	confessei	confessaste	confessou	confessamos1, confessámos2	confessastes	confessaram
Pluperfect	confessara	confessaras	confessara	confessáramos	confessáreis	confessaram
Future	confessarei	confessarás	confessará	confessaremos	confessareis	confessarão
Conditional	confessaria	confessarias	confessaria	confessaríamos	confessaríeis	confessariam
Subjunctive
Present	confesse	confesses	confesse	confessemos	confesseis	confessem
Imperfect	confessasse	confessasses	confessasse	confessássemos	confessásseis	confessassem
Future	confessar	confessares	confessar	confessarmos	confessardes	confessarem
Imperative
Affirmative		confessa	confesse	confessemos	confessai	confessem
Negative (não)		não confesses	não confesse	não confessemos	não confesseis	não confessem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• confessor
• confissão
• confissionário

Descendants

• Macanese: cunfissâ