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confesar

to confess, to admit

k o n f e ˈs a ɾ
verb Uncommon #14,033
to confess, to admit Also used in religious contexts for confessing one's sins.
SP: Debo confesar que estaba equivocado.
EN: I have to admit that I was wrong.
Conjugation of confesar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First confesé confesamos
Second confesaste —
Third confesó confesaron
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First confieso confesamos
Third confiesa —
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First confieso confesamos
Third confiesa —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second confiesa —
Past
confesado
Indicative future
SingularPlural
Third confesará —
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
Third confesará —

¿Lo querías confesar lo que hiciste?

Did you want to confess what you did?

— Relatos salvajes (2014)

Tras mucho reflexionar, el bandido decidió confesar.

After much reflection, the bandit decided to confess.

Tengo mucho que confesar.

I have a lot to confess.

— Manon des sources (1986)

Quiero confesar.

I want to confess.

A confesar.

To confess.

— Adiós, muchachos (1987)

Debo confesar que aún no lo he leído.

I must confess that I still haven't read it.

No tengo nada que confesar.

I have nothing to confess.

— El último emperador (1987)

¿Y al final, a Proietti, lo hicieron confesar o no?

So, in the end, did they make Proietti confess or not?

— Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (1970)

Estaba tan acostumbrado a confesar que volvió a hacerlo.

He was so used to confessing that he did it again.

No me importa confesar mi edad.

I don't mind admitting my age.

— Amarcord (1973)

Para hacerme confesar.

To make me confess.

— Ne le dis à personne (2006)

Yo me quiero confesar.

I want to confess.

— Le notti di Cabiria (1957)

Acaba de confesar un delito que merece la horca, y eligió su destino.

He just confessed to a crime punishable by hanging, and chose his own fate.

No decimos a la gente qué debe confesar.

We don't tell people what they should confess.

— El último emperador (1987)

¿Entonces por qué me invitas a confesar?

Then why are you asking me to confess?

— Левиафан (2014)

Si un sacerdote se pusiera a confesar a los políticos necesitaría veinte vidas.

If a priest were to hear politicians' confessions, he would need twenty lifetimes.

Es tan intolerante que llegaría a confesar los pecados de otras personas.

He is so intolerant that he would even confess other people's sins.

— Manon des sources (1986)

Debo confesar que mi teoría no da cuenta de ese hecho.

I must confess that my theory does not account for that fact.

Tom comenzó a confesar.

Tom began to confess.

Tom no es capaz de confesar a Mary sus sentimientos reales.

Tom isn't able to confess his true feelings to Mary.

Decidí confesar el delito.

I decided to confess the crime.

No creo que Tom vaya a confesar estar equivocado.

I don't think Tom is going to admit that he's wrong.

Hoy estamos aquí para confesar nuestro pecado.

Today we are here to confess our sin.

— Rang de Basanti (2006)

Yo tampoco me avergüenzo al confesar mi ignorancia.

I’m not ashamed to admit my ignorance either.

¿Me va a confesar otra vez?

Is he going to confess to me again?

— Pedro Páramo (2024)

¡Tengo un pecado que confesar en misa!

I have a sin to confess at Mass!

— El Auto De La Compadecida (2000)

Vine a confesar.

I came to confess.

— Ace Ventura: Detective de Mascotas (1994)

Debo confesar que soy culpable de la misma locura.

I must confess that I am guilty of the same madness.

— Atrápame si puedes (2002)

Poco a poco van a confesar.

Little by little, they are going to confess.

— गल्ली बॉय (2019)

Debo confesar algo.

I have to confess something.

— Ha vuelto (2015)

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