confés

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin cōnfessus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuɱˈfes]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [koɱˈfes]

Adjective

confés (feminine confessa, masculine plural confessos, feminine plural confesses)

1. confessed, admitted
   • 1951, Maurici Serrahima, Un advocat del segle XIX: Maurici Serrahima i Palà (1834-1904):

     En una ocasió, per defensar un home convicte i confés d'haver fet trampes en el joc, al·legà que en aquell cas havia estat convingut que el joc consistiria a fer trampes i a veure si l'altre les descobriria.

     On one occasion, in order to defend a convicted man who'd admitted to having cheated in the game, he alleged that in that case he'd been convinced that the game consisted of cheating and seeing if the other person could catch him at it.

Noun

confés m (plural confessos)

1. (Roman Catholicism) confessor (priest who hears confessions)

Related terms

• confessar

Further reading

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

Old French

Alternative forms

• confes, cunfés, cunfes

Etymology

From Latin confessus.

Adjective

confés m (oblique and nominative feminine singular confesse)

1. (Christianity) confessed (having confessed one's sins)

Noun

confés oblique singular, m (oblique plural confés, nominative singular confés, nominative plural confés)

1. (Christianity) confession (of one's sins)