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professar.

to profess (to acknowledge or confess publicly)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/pɾo.feˈsa(ʁ)/Brazil[pɾo.feˈsa(h)]Brazil/pɾo.feˈsa(ɾ)/São-Paulo/pɾo.feˈsa(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to profess (to acknowledge or confess publicly)

    transitive
  2. to exercise, to practice

    transitive
  3. to embrace, to follow (a belief, an ideal)

    figuratively · transitive
  4. to dedicate

    transitive
  5. to profess (to take solemn vows when joining a religious or military order)

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Italic *fatēōr Latin fateor Latin prōfiteor Latin prŏfessuslbor. Old Galician-Portuguese profeso Portuguese professo Portuguese -ar Portuguese professar From professo + -ar.

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