confesar

Asturian

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin confessō.

Verb

confesar (first-person singular indicative present confeso, past participle confesáu)

  1. to confess

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin confessō.

Pronunciation

Verb

confesar (first-person singular present confeso, first-person singular preterite confesei, past participle confesado)

  1. to confess

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confesar
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(ti) 		Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal confesar
Personal confesar confesares confesar confesarmos confesardes confesaren
Gerund
confesando
Past participle
Masculine confesado confesados
Feminine confesada confesadas
Indicative
Present confeso confesas confesa confesamos confesades confesan
Imperfect confesaba confesabas confesaba confesabamos confesabades confesaban
Preterite confesei confesaches confesou confesamos confesastes confesaron
Pluperfect confesara confesaras confesara confesaramos confesarades confesaran
Future confesarei confesarás confesará confesaremos confesaredes confesarán
Conditional confesaría confesarías confesaría confesariamos confesariades confesarían
Subjunctive
Present confese confeses confese confesemos confesedes confesen
Imperfect confesase confesases confesase confesásemos confesásedes confesasen
Future confesar confesares confesar confesarmos confesardes confesaren
Imperative
Affirmative confesa confese confesemos confesade confesen
Negative (non) non confeses non confese non confesemos non confesedes non confesen

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin confessarius.

Noun

confesar m (plural confesari)

  1. (obsolete) confessor
    Synonym: confesor

Declension

Declension of confesar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative confesar confesarul confesari confesarii
genitive-dative confesar confesarului confesari confesarilor
vocative confesarule confesarilor

References

  • confesar in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin cōnfessāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konfeˈsaɾ/ [kõɱ.feˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: con‧fe‧sar

Verb

confesar (first-person singular present confieso, first-person singular preterite confesé, past participle confesado)

  1. (transitive) to confess, to come clean about
  2. (intransitive) to confess, to come clean
  3. (Christianity) to hear confession

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confesar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive confesar
gerund confesando
past participle masculine feminine
singular confesado confesada
plural confesados confesadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present confieso confiesastú
confesásvos 		confiesa confesamos confesáis confiesan
imperfect confesaba confesabas confesaba confesábamos confesabais confesaban
preterite confesé confesaste confesó confesamos confesasteis confesaron
future confesaré confesarás confesará confesaremos confesaréis confesarán
conditional confesaría confesarías confesaría confesaríamos confesaríais confesarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present confiese confiesestú
confesésvos2 		confiese confesemos confeséis confiesen
imperfect
(ra) 		confesara confesaras confesara confesáramos confesarais confesaran
imperfect
(se) 		confesase confesases confesase confesásemos confesaseis confesasen
future1 confesare confesares confesare confesáremos confesareis confesaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative confiesatú
confesávos 		confiese confesemos confesad confiesen
negative no confieses no confiese no confesemos no confeséis no confiesen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of confesar (e-ie alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive confesar dative confesarme confesarte confesarle, confesarse confesarnos confesaros confesarles, confesarse
accusative confesarme confesarte confesarlo, confesarla, confesarse confesarnos confesaros confesarlos, confesarlas, confesarse
with gerund confesando dative confesándome confesándote confesándole, confesándose confesándonos confesándoos confesándoles, confesándose
accusative confesándome confesándote confesándolo, confesándola, confesándose confesándonos confesándoos confesándolos, confesándolas, confesándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative confiesa dative confiésame confiésate confiésale confiésanos not used confiésales
accusative confiésame confiésate confiésalo, confiésala confiésanos not used confiésalos, confiésalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative confesá dative confesame confesate confesale confesanos not used confesales
accusative confesame confesate confesalo, confesala confesanos not used confesalos, confesalas
with formal second-person singular imperative confiese dative confiéseme not used confiésele, confiésese confiésenos not used confiéseles
accusative confiéseme not used confiéselo, confiésela, confiésese confiésenos not used confiéselos, confiéselas
with first-person plural imperative confesemos dative not used confesémoste confesémosle confesémonos confesémoos confesémosles
accusative not used confesémoste confesémoslo, confesémosla confesémonos confesémoos confesémoslos, confesémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative confesad dative confesadme not used confesadle confesadnos confesaos confesadles
accusative confesadme not used confesadlo, confesadla confesadnos confesaos confesadlos, confesadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative confiesen dative confiésenme not used confiésenle confiésennos not used confiésenles, confiésense
accusative confiésenme not used confiésenlo, confiésenla confiésennos not used confiésenlos, confiésenlas, confiésense

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: kumpisal
  • → Cebuano: kumpisal

Further reading

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