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confessar

confessar

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Verb

confessar (first-person singular present confesso, past participle confessat)

  1. to confess

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  • confessió

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Portuguese

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Etymology

From Old Portuguese confessar, from Ecclesiastical Latin confessō (I confess), a derivative of Latin confessus, past participle of cōnfiteor (I confess, I admit) from con- + fateor (I admit).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) to confess; to own up to; to admit to (to admit one has done something, especially something bad)
  2. (religion, transitive or intransitive) to confess (to disclose one’s sins to a clergyman)
  3. (religion, transitive) to confess (to hear someone’s confessions)
  4. (chiefly religion, transitive) to confess; to follow (to have a given religion or set of beliefs)

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