confessare

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See also: confessaré

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cōnfessāre (“to confess”), a derivative of Latin cōnfessus, past participle of cōnfiteor (“to confess, to admit”) from con- + fateor (“to admit”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kon.fesˈsa.re/
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  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: con‧fes‧sà‧re

Verb

confessàre (first-person singular present confèsso, first-person singular past historic confessài, past participle confessàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to confess, admit, own up
    Synonym: ammettere
  2. to confide, disclose
    Synonyms: confidare, rivelare

Conjugation

    Conjugation of confessàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive confessàre
auxiliary verb avére gerund confessàndo
present participle confessànte past participle confessàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present confèsso confèssi confèssa confessiàmo confessàte confèssano
imperfect confessàvo confessàvi confessàva confessavàmo confessavàte confessàvano
past historic confessài confessàsti confessò confessàmmo confessàste confessàrono
future confesserò confesserài confesserà confesserémo confesseréte confesserànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present confesserèi confesserésti confesserèbbe, confesserébbe confesserémmo confesseréste confesserèbbero, confesserébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present confèssi confèssi confèssi confessiàmo confessiàte confèssino
imperfect confessàssi confessàssi confessàsse confessàssimo confessàste confessàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
confèssa confèssi confessiàmo confessàte confèssino
negative imperative non confessàre non confèssi non confessiàmo non confessàte non confèssino

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