confessar
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /kom.fəˈsa/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kum.fəˈsa/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kom.feˈsaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
confessar (first-person singular present confesso, past participle confessat)
- to confess
Conjugation
Conjugation of confessar (first conjugation)
infinitive | confessar | ||||||
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present participle | 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 | |
— | confessa | confessi | confessem | confesseu | confessin |
Related terms
- confessió
Further reading
- “confessar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- cõfessar (obsolete, abbreviation)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese confessar, from Ecclesiastical Latin confessō (“I confess”), a derivative of Latin confessus, past participle of cōnfiteor (“I confess, I admit”) from con- + fateor (“I admit”).
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.fɨ.ˈsaɾ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌkõ.fe.ˈsa(ʁ)/
- Hyphenation: con‧fes‧sar
Verb
confessar (first-person singular present indicative confesso, past participle confessado)
- (transitive) to confess; to own up to; to admit to (to admit one has done something, especially something bad)
- (religion, transitive or intransitive) to confess (to disclose one’s sins to a clergyman)
- (religion, transitive) to confess (to hear someone’s confessions)
- (chiefly religion, transitive) to confess; to follow (to have a given religion or set of beliefs)
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb confessar
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Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 | confessamos confessámos | 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) | - | confesses | confesse | confessemos | confesseis | confessem |
Synonyms
- (to admit): admitir
- (to follow): seguir
Related terms
- confessor
- confissão
- confissionário