professar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [pɾu.fəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.fəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.feˈsaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [pɾo.feˈsa]
• Homophone: professà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

professar (first-person singular present professo, first-person singular preterite professí, past participle professat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /e/

1. (transitive) to profess (a belief or opinion)
2. (transitive) to profess, to feel (a strong emotion)
3. (transitive) to practice (a science or art)
4. (intransitive, religion) to fulfill one's religious vows

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of professar (first conjugation)

infinitive			professar
gerund			professant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		professat		professada
		plural		professats		professades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	professo	professes	professa	professem	professeu	professen
	imperfect	professava	professaves	professava	professàvem	professàveu	professaven
	future	professaré	professaràs	professarà	professarem	professareu	professaran
	preterite	professí	professares	professà	professàrem	professàreu	professaren
	conditional	professaria	professaries	professaria	professaríem	professaríeu	professarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	professi	professis	professi	professem	professeu	professin
	imperfect	professés	professessis	professés	professéssim	professéssiu	professessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	professa	professi	professem	professeu	professin
	negative (no)	—	no professis	no professi	no professem	no professeu	no professin

Related terms

• professor

Further reading

• “professar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “professar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “professar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “professar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin profiteor

Latin prŏfessuslbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese profeso

Portuguese professo

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese professar

From professo + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾu.fɨˈsaɾ/

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

• Hyphenation: pro‧fes‧sar

Verb

professar (first-person singular present professo, first-person singular preterite professei, past participle professado)

1. (transitive) to profess (to acknowledge or confess publicly)
2. (transitive) to exercise, to practice

   Synonyms: exercer, praticar

3. (transitive, figuratively) to embrace, to follow (a belief, an ideal)

   Synonyms: abraçar, seguir

4. (transitive) to dedicate

   Synonym: dedicar

5. (intransitive) to profess (to take solemn vows when joining a religious or military order)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of professar (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	professar
Personal	professar	professares	professar	professarmos	professardes	professarem
Gerund
	professando
Past participle
Masculine	professado			professados
Feminine	professada			professadas
Indicative
Present	professo	professas	professa	professamos	professais	professam
Imperfect	professava	professavas	professava	professávamos	professáveis	professavam
Preterite	professei	professaste	professou	professamos1, professámos2	professastes	professaram
Pluperfect	professara	professaras	professara	professáramos	professáreis	professaram
Future	professarei	professarás	professará	professaremos	professareis	professarão
Conditional	professaria	professarias	professaria	professaríamos	professaríeis	professariam
Subjunctive
Present	professe	professes	professe	professemos	professeis	professem
Imperfect	professasse	professasses	professasse	professássemos	professásseis	professassem
Future	professar	professares	professar	professarmos	professardes	professarem
Imperative
Affirmative		professa	professe	professemos	professai	professem
Negative (não)		não professes	não professe	não professemos	não professeis	não professem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “professar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “professar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “professar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026