# confessar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin cōnfessāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kuɱ.fəˈsa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [koɱ.fəˈsa]
* IPA: (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/
* (transitive, intransitive) to confess
* (pronominal) to confess [with amb ‘to’]

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | confessar | confessar | confessar | confessar | confessar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | confessant | confessant | confessant | confessant | confessant |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | confessat | confessat | confessada | confessada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | confessats | confessats | confessades | confessades |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | confesso | confesses | confessa | confessem | confesseu | confessen |
| indicative | imperfect | confessava | confessaves | confessava | confessàvem | confessàveu | confessaven |
| indicative | future | confessaré | confessaràs | confessarà | confessarem | confessareu | confessaran |
| indicative | preterite | confessí | confessares | confessà | confessàrem | confessàreu | confessaren |
| indicative | conditional | confessaria | confessaries | confessaria | confessaríem | confessaríeu | confessarien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | confessi | confessis | confessi | confessem | confesseu | confessin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | confessés | confessessis | confessés | confesséssim | confesséssiu | confessessin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | confessa | confessi | confessem | confesseu | confessin |
| imperative | 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)
* reintegrationist spelling of confesar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

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

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin confessō.

### Pronunciation

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### Verb

confessar
* to confess

#### Conjugation

| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | confessar | confessar | confessar | aver confessat | aver confessat | aver confessat |
| gerund | gerund | confessant | confessant | confessant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | confessat | confessat | confessat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | confessi | confessas | confessa | confessam | confessatz | confessan |
| indicative | imperfect | confessavi | confessavas | confessava | confessàvem | confessàvetz | confessavan |
| indicative | preterite | confessèri | confessères | confessèt | confessèrem | confessèretz | confessèron |
| indicative | future | confessarai | confessaràs | confessarà | confessarem | confessaretz | confessaràn |
| indicative | conditional | confessariái | confessariás | confessariá | confessariam | confessariatz | confessarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | confessèra | confessèras | confessèra | confesseram | confesseratz | confessèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | confesse | confesses | confesse | confessem | confessetz | confessen |
| subjunctive | imperfect | confessèssi | confessèsses | confessèsse | confessèssem | confessèssetz | confessèsson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | confessa | | confessem | confessatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | confessar | confessar | confessar | aver confessat | aver confessat | aver confessat |
| gerund | gerund | confessant | confessant | confessant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | confessat | confessat | confessat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | confesse | confesses | confessa | confessam | confessatz | confesson |
| indicative | imperfect | confessave | confessaves | confessava | confessaviam | confessaviatz | confessavon |
| indicative | preterite | confessere | confesseres | confesset | confessem | confessetz | confesseron |
| indicative | future | confessarai | confessaràs | confessará | confessarem | confessaretz | confessarán |
| indicative | conditional | confessariá | confessariás | confessariá | confessariam | confessariatz | confessarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | confessèra | confessèras | confessèra | confesseram | confesseratz | confessèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | confesse | confesses | confesse | confessassiam | confessassiatz | confesson |
| subjunctive | imperfect | confessesse | confessesses | confessesse | confessessiam | confessessiatz | confessesson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | confessa | | confessassiam | confessatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | confessar | confessar | confessar | aver confessat | aver confessat | aver confessat |
| gerund | gerund | confessant | confessant | confessant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | confessat | confessat | confessat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | confessi | confessas | confessa | confessam | confessatz | confessan |
| indicative | imperfect | confessavi | confessavas | confessava | confessàvam | confessàvatz | confessavan |
| indicative | preterite | confessèi | confessès | confessè | confessèm | confessètz | confessèn |
| indicative | future | confessarèi | confessaràs | confessarà | confessaram | confessaratz | confessaràn |
| indicative | conditional | confessarí | confessarés | confessaré | confessarem | confessaretz | confessarén |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | confessèra | confessèras | confessèra | confesseram | confesseratz | confessèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | confessi | confesses | confesse | confessem | confessetz | confessen |
| subjunctive | imperfect | confessèssi | confessèsses | confessèsse | confessèssem | confessèssetz | confessèssen |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | confessa | | confessem | confessatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | confessar | confessar | confessar | aver confessat | aver confessat | aver confessat |
| gerund | gerund | confessant | confessant | confessant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | confessat | confessat | confessat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | confesse | confessas | confessa | confessam | confessatz | confessan |
| indicative | imperfect | confessava | confessavas | confessava | confessàvam | confessàvatz | confessavan |
| indicative | preterite | confessei | confesseras | confesset | confessèram | confessèratz | confesseran |
| indicative | future | confessarai | confessaràs | confessará | confessarem | confessaretz | confessarán |
| indicative | conditional | confessariá | confessariàs | confessariá | confessariam | confessariatz | confessarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | confessèra | confessèras | confessèra | confesseram | confesseratz | confessèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | confesse | confesses | confesse | confessem | confessetz | confessen |
| subjunctive | imperfect | confessèsse | confessèsses | confessèsse | confessèssem | confessèssetz | confessèssen |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | confessa | | confessem | confessatz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | confessar | confessar | confessar | aver confessat | aver confessat | aver confessat |
| gerund | gerund | confessant | confessant | confessant | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle | use gerund of aver + past participle |
| past participle | past participle | confessat | confessat | confessat | — | — | — |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | confesse | confesses | confessa | confessam | confessatz | confessan |
| indicative | imperfect | confessavi | confessavas | confessava | confessàvem | confessàvetz | confessavan |
| indicative | preterite | confessère | confessères | confessèt | confesseriam | confesseriatz | confessèron |
| indicative | future | confessarai | confessaràs | confessarà | confessarem | confessaretz | confessaràn |
| indicative | conditional | confessariáu | confessariás | confessariá | confessariam | confessariatz | confessarián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | confessèra | confessèras | confessèra | confesseram | confesseratz | confessèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle | use the present tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle | use the future tense of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | confesse | confesses | confesse | confessem | confessetz | confessan |
| subjunctive | imperfect | confessèsse | confessèsses | confessèsse | confessessiam | confessessiatz | confessèsson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | confessa | | confessem | confessatz | $^1$Now 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: /kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/ [kõ.feˈsa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/ [kõ.feˈsa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kõ.feˈsa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/ [kõ.feˈsa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kõ.feˈsa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fɨˈsaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fɨˈsaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kõ.fɨˈsa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: con‧fes‧sar

### Verb

confessar (first-person singular present confesso, first-person singular preterite confessei, past participle confessado)
* (transitive) to confess; to own up to; to admit to (to admit one has done something, especially something bad)
    Synonym: admitir
* (religion, transitive or intransitive) to confess (to disclose one’s sins to a clergyman)
* (religion, transitive) to confess (to hear someone’s confessions)
* (chiefly religion, transitive) to confess; to follow (to have a given religion or set of beliefs)
    Synonym: seguir

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European 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