/konfeˈsaɾ/
#1716 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to confess, to admit
Word origin
From Latin confiteri ('to acknowledge'), from con ('together') plus fateri ('to admit'). The English confess comes through the same Latin root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- confiteri
- English cognates
- confess, confession
Grammar
Verb type-ar stem-changing (e-ie)
Examples
equivoqué .
I have to confess that I was wrong about you.
confiesa .
In the end the accused confesses his guilt before the judge.
¿ confiesas ?
Why do you not confess to me what you really feel?
confieso .
I admit to you that I had never tried that food.
gran .
Confessing the truth took a great weight off him.
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