"confessar" meaning in Portuguese

See confessar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [kõ.feˈsa(h)] [Brazil], /kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [kõ.feˈsa(h)] [Brazil], /kõ.feˈsa(ɾ)/ [São-Paulo], /kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [kõ.feˈsa(χ)] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /kõ.feˈsa(ɻ)/ [Southern-Brazil], /kõ.fɨˈsaɾ/ [Portugal], /kõ.fɨˈsaɾ/ [Portugal], /kõ.fɨˈsa.ɾi/ [Portugal, Southern]
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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|confessar}} Old Galician-Portuguese confessar, {{inh|pt|EL.|confesso|cōnfessāre|to confess}} Ecclesiastical Latin cōnfessāre (“to confess”), {{der|pt|la|cōnfessus}} Latin cōnfessus Head templates: {{pt-verb}} confessar (first-person singular present confesso, first-person singular preterite confessei, past participle confessado) Inflection templates: {{pt-conj}} Forms: confesso [first-person, present, singular], confessei [first-person, preterite, singular], confessado [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], confessar [impersonal, infinitive], confessar [first-person, infinitive, singular], confessares [infinitive, second-person, singular], confessar [infinitive, singular, third-person], confessarmos [first-person, infinitive, plural], confessardes [infinitive, plural, second-person], confessarem [infinitive, plural, third-person], confessando [gerund], confessado [masculine, participle, past, singular], confessados [masculine, participle, past, plural], confessada [feminine, participle, past, singular], confessadas [feminine, participle, past, plural], confesso [first-person, indicative, present, singular], confessas [indicative, present, second-person, singular], confessa [indicative, present, singular, third-person], confessamos [first-person, indicative, plural, present], confessais [indicative, plural, present, second-person], confessam [indicative, plural, present, third-person], confessava [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], confessavas [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], confessava [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], confessávamos [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], confessáveis [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], confessavam [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], confessei [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], confessaste [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], confessou [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], confessamos [Brazil, first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], confessámos [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], confessastes [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], confessaram [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], confessara [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, singular], confessaras [indicative, pluperfect, second-person, singular], confessara [indicative, pluperfect, singular, third-person], confessáramos [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, plural], confessáreis [indicative, pluperfect, plural, second-person], confessaram [indicative, pluperfect, plural, third-person], confessarei [first-person, future, indicative, singular], confessarás [future, indicative, second-person, singular], confessará [future, indicative, singular, third-person], confessaremos [first-person, future, indicative, plural], confessareis [future, indicative, plural, second-person], confessarão [future, indicative, plural, third-person], confessaria [conditional, first-person, singular], confessarias [conditional, second-person, singular], confessaria [conditional, singular, third-person], confessaríamos [conditional, first-person, plural], confessaríeis [conditional, plural, second-person], confessariam [conditional, plural, third-person], confesse [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], confesses [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], confesse [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], confessemos [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], confesseis [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], confessem [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], confessasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], confessasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], confessasse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], confessássemos [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], confessásseis [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], confessassem [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], confessar [first-person, future, singular, subjunctive], confessares [future, second-person, singular, subjunctive], confessar [future, singular, subjunctive, third-person], confessarmos [first-person, future, plural, subjunctive], confessardes [future, plural, second-person, subjunctive], confessarem [future, plural, subjunctive, third-person], confessa [imperative, second-person, singular], confesse [imperative, singular, third-person], confessemos [first-person, imperative, plural], confessai [imperative, plural, second-person], confessem [imperative, plural, third-person], não confesses [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], não confesse [imperative, negative, singular, third-person], não confessemos [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], não confesseis [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], não confessem [imperative, negative, plural, third-person]
  1. (transitive) to confess; to own up to; to admit to (to admit one has done something, especially something bad) Tags: transitive Synonyms: admitir
    Sense id: en-confessar-pt-verb-pt:to_admit Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese verbs ending in -ar Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 4 4 31 33 15 2 7 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 29 31 21 1 6 6 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 62 5 17 17 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs ending in -ar: 56 9 17 18
  2. (religion, transitive or intransitive) to confess (to disclose one’s sins to a clergyman) Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-confessar-pt-verb-pt:to_disclose_sins Topics: lifestyle, religion
  3. (religion, transitive) to confess (to hear someone’s confessions) Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-confessar-pt-verb-pt:to_hear_sins Topics: lifestyle, religion
  4. (chiefly religion, transitive) to confess; to follow (to have a given religion or set of beliefs) Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Religion Synonyms: seguir
    Sense id: en-confessar-pt-verb-pt:to_follow Topics: lifestyle, religion
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cõfessar [abbreviation, obsolete] Related terms: confessor, confissão, confissionário

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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            "2": "cunfissâ"
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          "expansion": "Macanese: cunfissâ",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Macanese: cunfissâ"
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      "form": "confessarei",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "confessaria",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    {
      "form": "confessariam",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "confesse",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    {
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "confessasse",
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        "imperfect",
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "confessasses",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "confessássemos",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "confessassem",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "confessar",
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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    {
      "form": "confessarem",
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    {
      "form": "confessa",
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      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confesse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessai",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "confessem",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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    {
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não confessem",
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        "negative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
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  "hyphenation": [
    "con‧fes‧sar"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "pt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "confessor"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "confissionário"
    }
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 29 31 21 1 6 6",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 5 17 17",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
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          "admit"
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        "(transitive) to confess; to own up to; to admit to (to admit one has done something, especially something bad)"
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        {
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        }
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "langcode": "pt",
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          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
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      ],
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        [
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          "religion"
        ],
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          "confess",
          "confess"
        ]
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      ],
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        "pt:to disclose sins"
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
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          "langcode": "pt",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "pt:Religion",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
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          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
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          "confess",
          "confess"
        ]
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      ],
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        "pt:to hear sins"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
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    {
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            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
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        "to confess; to follow (to have a given religion or set of beliefs)"
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        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "confess",
          "confess"
        ],
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          "follow",
          "follow"
        ]
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        "(chiefly religion, transitive) to confess; to follow (to have a given religion or set of beliefs)"
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        {
          "word": "seguir"
        }
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      ],
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        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõ.feˈsa(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõ.feˈsa(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.feˈsa(ɾ)/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõ.feˈsa(χ)]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.feˈsa(ɻ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.fɨˈsaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.fɨˈsaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.fɨˈsa.ɾi/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "cõfessar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "confessar"
}
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  "categories": [
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Portuguese 3-syllable words",
    "Portuguese 4-syllable words",
    "Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Portuguese lemmas",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Ecclesiastical Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Latin",
    "Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Ecclesiastical Latin",
    "Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese",
    "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Portuguese verbs",
    "Portuguese verbs ending in -ar"
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "cunfissâ"
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          "expansion": "Macanese: cunfissâ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "कुमसार",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Konkani: कुमसार (kumsār)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "1": "pt",
        "2": "EL.",
        "3": "confesso",
        "4": "cōnfessāre",
        "5": "to confess"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "cōnfessus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin cōnfessus",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "confessei",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessado",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "pt-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "infinitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessares",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessarmos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "infinitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessardes",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessarem",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessando",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessado",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessados",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessada",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessadas",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confesso",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessas",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessa",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessais",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessava",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessavas",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessava",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessávamos",
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        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessáveis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessavam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessaste",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessou",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessamos",
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        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessámos",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessaram",
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessara",
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        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessaras",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessara",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessáramos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessáreis",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessaram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessarei",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessarás",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessará",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessaremos",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessareis",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessarão",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessaria",
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        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessarias",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessaria",
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        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessaríamos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessaríeis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessariam",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confesse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confesses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confesse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confesseis",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessasse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessasses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessasse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessássemos",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessásseis",
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        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessassem",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessares",
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        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessar",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessarmos",
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        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessardes",
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        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessarem",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessa",
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        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confesse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "confessem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não confesses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não confesse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não confessemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não confesseis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não confessem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "confessar (first-person singular present confesso, first-person singular preterite confessei, past participle confessado)",
      "name": "pt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "con‧fes‧sar"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "pt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "confessor"
    },
    {
      "word": "confissão"
    },
    {
      "word": "confissionário"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to confess; to own up to; to admit to (to admit one has done something, especially something bad)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "confess",
          "confess"
        ],
        [
          "own up",
          "own up"
        ],
        [
          "admit",
          "admit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to confess; to own up to; to admit to (to admit one has done something, especially something bad)"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "pt:to admit"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "admitir"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese intransitive verbs",
        "Portuguese transitive verbs",
        "pt:Religion"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to confess (to disclose one’s sins to a clergyman)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "confess",
          "confess"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religion, transitive or intransitive) to confess (to disclose one’s sins to a clergyman)"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "pt:to disclose sins"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese transitive verbs",
        "pt:Religion"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to confess (to hear someone’s confessions)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "confess",
          "confess"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(religion, transitive) to confess (to hear someone’s confessions)"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "pt:to hear sins"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese transitive verbs",
        "pt:Religion"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to confess; to follow (to have a given religion or set of beliefs)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "confess",
          "confess"
        ],
        [
          "follow",
          "follow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly religion, transitive) to confess; to follow (to have a given religion or set of beliefs)"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "pt:to follow"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "seguir"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "religion"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõ.feˈsa(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõ.feˈsa(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.feˈsa(ɾ)/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.feˈsa(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kõ.feˈsa(χ)]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.feˈsa(ɻ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.fɨˈsaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.fɨˈsaɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kõ.fɨˈsa.ɾi/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "cõfessar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "confessar"
}

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