Catalan

Verb

confessar ‎(first-person singular present confesso, past participle confessat)

1. to confess

Conjugation

Related terms

• confessió

External links

• “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)

1. (transitive) to confess; to own up to; to admit to (to admit one has done something, especially something bad)
2. (religion, transitive or intransitive) to confess (to disclose one’s sins to a clergyman)
3. (religion, transitive) to confess (to hear someone’s confessions)
4. (chiefly religion, transitive) to confess; to follow (to have a given religion or set of beliefs)

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (to admit): admitir
• (to follow): seguir

Related terms

• confessor
• confissão
• confissionário