confesar

Asturian

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin confessō.

Verb

confesar (first-person singular indicative present confeso, past participle confesáu)

1. to confess

Galician

Alternative forms

• confessar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin confessō.

Verb

confesar (first-person singular present confeso, first-person singular preterite confesei, past participle confesado)

1. to confess

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confesar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	confesar
Personal	confesar	confesares	confesar	confesarmos	confesardes	confesaren
Gerund
	confesando
Past participle
Masculine	confesado			confesados
Feminine	confesada			confesadas
Indicative
Present	confeso	confesas	confesa	confesamos	confesades	confesan
Imperfect	confesaba	confesabas	confesaba	confesabamos	confesabades	confesaban
Preterite	confesei	confesaches	confesou	confesamos	confesastes	confesaron
Pluperfect	confesara	confesaras	confesara	confesaramos	confesarades	confesaran
Future	confesarei	confesarás	confesará	confesaremos	confesaredes	confesarán
Conditional	confesaría	confesarías	confesaría	confesariamos	confesariades	confesarían
Subjunctive
Present	confese	confeses	confese	confesemos	confesedes	confesen
Imperfect	confesase	confesases	confesase	confesásemos	confesásedes	confesasen
Future	confesar	confesares	confesar	confesarmos	confesardes	confesaren
Imperative
Affirmative		confesa	confese	confesemos	confesade	confesen
Negative (non)		non confeses	non confese	non confesemos	non confesedes	non confesen

Further reading

• “confesar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin cōnfessāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konfeˈsaɾ/ [kõɱ.feˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧fe‧sar

Verb

confesar (first-person singular present confieso, first-person singular preterite confesé, past participle confesado)

1. (transitive) to confess, to come clean about
2. (intransitive) to confess, to come clean
3. (Christianity) to hear confession

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confesar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			confesar
gerund			confesando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		confesado		confesada
		plural		confesados		confesadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	confieso	confiesastú confesásvos	confiesa	confesamos	confesáis	confiesan
	imperfect	confesaba	confesabas	confesaba	confesábamos	confesabais	confesaban
	preterite	confesé	confesaste	confesó	confesamos	confesasteis	confesaron
	future	confesaré	confesarás	confesará	confesaremos	confesaréis	confesarán
	conditional	confesaría	confesarías	confesaría	confesaríamos	confesaríais	confesarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	confiese	confiesestú confesésvos2	confiese	confesemos	confeséis	confiesen
	imperfect (ra)	confesara	confesaras	confesara	confesáramos	confesarais	confesaran
	imperfect (se)	confesase	confesases	confesase	confesásemos	confesaseis	confesasen
	future1	confesare	confesares	confesare	confesáremos	confesareis	confesaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		confiesatú confesávos	confiese	confesemos	confesad	confiesen
	negative		no confieses	no confiese	no confesemos	no confeséis	no confiesen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of confesar (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive confesar
	dative	confesarme	confesarte	confesarle, confesarse	confesarnos	confesaros	confesarles, confesarse
	accusative	confesarme	confesarte	confesarlo, confesarla, confesarse	confesarnos	confesaros	confesarlos, confesarlas, confesarse
with gerund confesando
	dative	confesándome	confesándote	confesándole, confesándose	confesándonos	confesándoos	confesándoles, confesándose
	accusative	confesándome	confesándote	confesándolo, confesándola, confesándose	confesándonos	confesándoos	confesándolos, confesándolas, confesándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative confiesa
	dative	confiésame	confiésate	confiésale	confiésanos	not used	confiésales
	accusative	confiésame	confiésate	confiésalo, confiésala	confiésanos	not used	confiésalos, confiésalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative confesá
	dative	confesame	confesate	confesale	confesanos	not used	confesales
	accusative	confesame	confesate	confesalo, confesala	confesanos	not used	confesalos, confesalas
with formal second-person singular imperative confiese
	dative	confiéseme	not used	confiésele, confiésese	confiésenos	not used	confiéseles
	accusative	confiéseme	not used	confiéselo, confiésela, confiésese	confiésenos	not used	confiéselos, confiéselas
with first-person plural imperative confesemos
	dative	not used	confesémoste	confesémosle	confesémonos	confesémoos	confesémosles
	accusative	not used	confesémoste	confesémoslo, confesémosla	confesémonos	confesémoos	confesémoslos, confesémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative confesad
	dative	confesadme	not used	confesadle	confesadnos	confesaos	confesadles
	accusative	confesadme	not used	confesadlo, confesadla	confesadnos	confesaos	confesadlos, confesadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative confiesen
	dative	confiésenme	not used	confiésenle	confiésennos	not used	confiésenles, confiésense
	accusative	confiésenme	not used	confiésenlo, confiésenla	confiésennos	not used	confiésenlos, confiésenlas, confiésense

Derived terms

• confesable
• confesante

 

Related terms

• confesión
• confeso
• confesor

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: kumpisal
• → Cebuano: kumpisal

Further reading

• “confesar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16