confessar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin cōnfessāre.

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); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive, intransitive) to confess
2. (pronominal) to confess [with amb ‘to’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confessar (first conjugation)

infinitive			confessar
gerund			confessant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		confessat		confessada
		plural		confessats		confessades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	confesso	confesses	confessa	confessem	confesseu	confessen
	imperfect	confessava	confessaves	confessava	confessàvem	confessàveu	confessaven
	future	confessaré	confessaràs	confessarà	confessarem	confessareu	confessaran
	preterite	confessí	confessares	confessà	confessàrem	confessàreu	confessaren
	conditional	confessaria	confessaries	confessaria	confessaríem	confessaríeu	confessarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	confessi	confessis	confessi	confessem	confesseu	confessin
	imperfect	confessés	confessessis	confessés	confesséssim	confesséssiu	confessessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	confessa	confessi	confessem	confesseu	confessin
	negative (no)	—	no confessis	no confessi	no confessem	no confesseu	no confessin

Derived terms

• confessable
• confessant

Related terms

• confés
• confessió
• confessor

Further reading

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

Galician

Verb

confessar (first-person singular present confesso, first-person singular preterite confessei, past participle confessado, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of confesar

Conjugation

    Reintegrated conjugation of confessar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	confessar
Personal	confessar	confessares	confessar	confessarmos	confessardes	confessarem
Gerund
	confessando
Past participle
Masculine	confessado			confessados
Feminine	confessada			confessadas
Indicative
Present	confesso	confessas	confessa	confessamos	confessades, confessais	confessam
Imperfect	confessava	confessavas	confessava	confessávamos	confessávades, confessáveis, confessávais1	confessavam
Preterite	confessei	confessaste, confessache1	confessou	confessamos	confessastes	confessárom, confessaram
Pluperfect	confessara	confessaras	confessara	confessáramos	confessárades, confessáreis, confessárais1	confessaram
Future	confessarei	confessarás	confessará	confessaremos	confessaredes, confessareis	confessarám, confessarão
Conditional	confessaria	confessarias	confessaria	confessaríamos	confessaríades, confessaríeis, confessaríais1	confessariam
Subjunctive
Present	confesse	confesses	confesse	confessemos	confessedes, confesseis	confessem
Imperfect	confessasse	confessasses	confessasse	confessássemos	confessássedes, confessásseis	confessassem
Future	confessar	confessares	confessar	confessarmos	confessardes	confessarem
Imperative
Affirmative		confessa	confesse	confessemos	confessade, confessai	confessem
Negative (nom)		nom confesses	nom confesse	nom confessemos	nom confessedes, nom confesseis	nom confessem

¹Less recommended.

References

• “confessar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Occitan

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin confessō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

confessar

1. to confess

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		confessar			aver confessat
gerund		confessant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		confessat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	confessi	confessas	confessa	confessam	confessatz	confessan
	imperfect	confessavi	confessavas	confessava	confessàvem	confessàvetz	confessavan
	preterite	confessèri	confessères	confessèt	confessèrem	confessèretz	confessèron
	future	confessarai	confessaràs	confessarà	confessarem	confessaretz	confessaràn
	conditional	confessariái	confessariás	confessariá	confessariam	confessariatz	confessarián
	conditional 2nd form1	confessèra	confessèras	confessèra	confesseram	confesseratz	confessèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	confesse	confesses	confesse	confessem	confessetz	confessen
	imperfect	confessèssi	confessèsses	confessèsse	confessèssem	confessèssetz	confessèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			confessa		confessem	confessatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		confessar			aver confessat
gerund		confessant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		confessat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	confesse	confesses	confessa	confessam	confessatz	confesson
	imperfect	confessave	confessaves	confessava	confessaviam	confessaviatz	confessavon
	preterite	confessere	confesseres	confesset	confessem	confessetz	confesseron
	future	confessarai	confessaràs	confessará	confessarem	confessaretz	confessarán
	conditional	confessariá	confessariás	confessariá	confessariam	confessariatz	confessarián
	conditional 2nd form1	confessèra	confessèras	confessèra	confesseram	confesseratz	confessèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	confesse	confesses	confesse	confessassiam	confessassiatz	confesson
	imperfect	confessesse	confessesses	confessesse	confessessiam	confessessiatz	confessesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			confessa		confessassiam	confessatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		confessar			aver confessat
gerund		confessant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		confessat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	confessi	confessas	confessa	confessam	confessatz	confessan
	imperfect	confessavi	confessavas	confessava	confessàvam	confessàvatz	confessavan
	preterite	confessèi	confessès	confessè	confessèm	confessètz	confessèn
	future	confessarèi	confessaràs	confessarà	confessaram	confessaratz	confessaràn
	conditional	confessarí	confessarés	confessaré	confessarem	confessaretz	confessarén
	conditional 2nd form1	confessèra	confessèras	confessèra	confesseram	confesseratz	confessèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	confessi	confesses	confesse	confessem	confessetz	confessen
	imperfect	confessèssi	confessèsses	confessèsse	confessèssem	confessèssetz	confessèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			confessa		confessem	confessatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		confessar			aver confessat
gerund		confessant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		confessat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	confesse	confessas	confessa	confessam	confessatz	confessan
	imperfect	confessava	confessavas	confessava	confessàvam	confessàvatz	confessavan
	preterite	confessei	confesseras	confesset	confessèram	confessèratz	confesseran
	future	confessarai	confessaràs	confessará	confessarem	confessaretz	confessarán
	conditional	confessariá	confessariàs	confessariá	confessariam	confessariatz	confessarián
	conditional 2nd form1	confessèra	confessèras	confessèra	confesseram	confesseratz	confessèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	confesse	confesses	confesse	confessem	confessetz	confessen
	imperfect	confessèsse	confessèsses	confessèsse	confessèssem	confessèssetz	confessèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			confessa		confessem	confessatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		confessar			aver confessat
gerund		confessant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		confessat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	confesse	confesses	confessa	confessam	confessatz	confessan
	imperfect	confessavi	confessavas	confessava	confessàvem	confessàvetz	confessavan
	preterite	confessère	confessères	confessèt	confesseriam	confesseriatz	confessèron
	future	confessarai	confessaràs	confessarà	confessarem	confessaretz	confessaràn
	conditional	confessariáu	confessariás	confessariá	confessariam	confessariatz	confessarián
	conditional 2nd form1	confessèra	confessèras	confessèra	confesseram	confesseratz	confessèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	confesse	confesses	confesse	confessem	confessetz	confessan
	imperfect	confessèsse	confessèsses	confessèsse	confessessiam	confessessiatz	confessèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			confessa		confessem	confessatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• confession

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 187.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cõfessar (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese confessar, from Ecclesiastical Latin cōnfessāre (“to confess”) (possibly an inheritance), a derivative of Latin cōnfessus, past participle of cōnfiteor (“to confess, to admit”) from con- + fateor (“to admit”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.fɨˈsaɾ/

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

• Hyphenation: con‧fes‧sar

Verb

confessar (first-person singular present confesso, first-person singular preterite confessei, past participle confessado)

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

   Synonym: admitir

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)

   Synonym: seguir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confessar (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	confessar
Personal	confessar	confessares	confessar	confessarmos	confessardes	confessarem
Gerund
	confessando
Past participle
Masculine	confessado			confessados
Feminine	confessada			confessadas
Indicative
Present	confesso	confessas	confessa	confessamos	confessais	confessam
Imperfect	confessava	confessavas	confessava	confessávamos	confessáveis	confessavam
Preterite	confessei	confessaste	confessou	confessamos1, confessámos2	confessastes	confessaram
Pluperfect	confessara	confessaras	confessara	confessáramos	confessáreis	confessaram
Future	confessarei	confessarás	confessará	confessaremos	confessareis	confessarão
Conditional	confessaria	confessarias	confessaria	confessaríamos	confessaríeis	confessariam
Subjunctive
Present	confesse	confesses	confesse	confessemos	confesseis	confessem
Imperfect	confessasse	confessasses	confessasse	confessássemos	confessásseis	confessassem
Future	confessar	confessares	confessar	confessarmos	confessardes	confessarem
Imperative
Affirmative		confessa	confesse	confessemos	confessai	confessem
Negative (não)		não confesses	não confesse	não confessemos	não confesseis	não confessem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• confessor
• confissão
• confissionário

Descendants

• Macanese: cunfissâ
• → Konkani: कुमसार (kumsār)

Further reading

• “confessar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “confessar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “confessar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024