confesar

/konfeˈsaɾ/, [kõɱ.feˈsaɾ]

confess, to confess

Gerund: confesando

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	confesado	confesada
Plural	confesados	confesadas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	confieso	confesaba	confesé	confesaré	confesaría
tú	confiesas	confesabas	confesaste	confesarás	confesarías
él/ella/Ud.	confiesa	confesaba	confesó	confesará	confesaría
nosotros	confesamos	confesábamos	confesamos	confesaremos	confesaríamos
vosotros	confesáis	confesabais	confesasteis	confesaréis	confesaríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	confiesan	confesaban	confesaron	confesarán	confesarían
vos	confesás	confesabas	confesaste	confesarás	confesarías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	confiese	confesara	confesase	confesare
tú	confieses	confesaras	confesases	confesares
él/ella/Ud.	confiese	confesara	confesase	confesare
nosotros	confesemos	confesáramos	confesásemos	confesáremos
vosotros	confeséis	confesarais	confesaseis	confesareis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	confiesen	confesaran	confesasen	confesaren
vos	confesés	confesaras	confesases	confesares

Imperative

Examples

Debo confesar que aún no lo he leído.

I must confess I haven't read it yet.

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Quiero confesar.

I want to confess.

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Tom comenzó a confesar.

Tom began confessing.

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Estaba convencida de que Pierre sabía más de lo que estaba dispuesto a confesar.

She was convinced that Pierre knew more than he wanted to confess.

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¡Hazlo confesar!

Make him confess!

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

I must confess that my theory doesn't account for that fact.

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No creo que Tom vaya a confesar estar equivocado.

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

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Tras mucho reflexionar, el bandido decidió confesar.

After much thought, the thief decided to confess.

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No sirve de nada torturarle, él no va a confesar.

There's no point in torturing him, he isn't going to confess.

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Le obligamos a confesar que lo había hecho.

We forced him to admit that he'd done it.

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