# professar
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾu.fəˈsa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾo.fəˈsa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾo.feˈsaɾ]
* Homophone: professà
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

professar (first-person singular present professo, first-person singular preterite professí, past participle professat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (transitive) to profess (a belief or opinion)
* (transitive) to profess, to feel (a strong emotion)
* (transitive) to practice (a science or art)
* (intransitive, religion) to fulfill one's religious vows

#### Conjugation

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

#### Related terms

* professor

### Further reading

* “professar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “professar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “professar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “professar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From professo +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.feˈsa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.feˈsa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.feˈsa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.feˈsa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /pɾo.feˈsa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /pɾo.feˈsa(ʁ)/ [pɾo.feˈsa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pɾo.feˈsa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.fɨˈsaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.fɨˈsaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /pɾu.fɨˈsa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: pro‧fes‧sar

### Verb

professar (first-person singular present professo, first-person singular preterite professei, past participle professado)
* (transitive) to profess (to acknowledge or confess publicly)
* (transitive) to exercise, to practice
    Synonyms: exercer, praticar
* (transitive, figuratively) to embrace, to follow (a belief, an ideal)
    Synonyms: abraçar, seguir
* (transitive) to dedicate
    Synonym: dedicar
* (intransitive) to profess (to take solemn vows when joining a religious or military order)

#### Conjugation

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

### Further reading

* “professar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
* “professar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024