confessar

Catalan

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)

1. to confess

Related terms

• confessió

Further reading

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

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cõfessar (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese confessar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ecclesiastical Latin confessō (“I confess”), a derivative of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin confessus, past participle of cōnfiteor (“I confess, I admit”) from con- + fateor (“I admit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kõ.fɨ.ˈsaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /ˌkõ.fe.ˈsa(ʁ)/
• Hyphenation: con‧fes‧sar

Verb

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

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• confessor
• confissão
• confissionário