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confessar.

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

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/Brazil[kõ.feˈsa(h)]Brazil/kõ.feˈsa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to confess; to own up to; to admit to (to admit one has done something, especially something bad)

    transitive
  2. to confess (to disclose one’s sins to a clergyman)

    intransitive · transitive
  3. to confess (to hear someone’s confessions)

    transitive
  4. to confess; to follow (to have a given religion or set of beliefs)

    transitive
Where this word comes from

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”).

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