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confessar

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Do infinitivo latino confessare (latim vulgar), e este do latim confessus. Em última análise do verbo confiteor, de con- + fateor.

verb confessando · confessado · confesso · confessas · confessa · confessamos

  1. declarar
  2. revelar
  3. reconhecer a verdade
  4. reconhecer a realidade de ação, erro, culpa, etc
  5. declarar pecados ao confessor

In English

  • confess to admit to the truth
  • own up to confess
  • spill the beans to reveal a secret; to disclose information — see also let the cat out of the ba

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"confessar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pt/confessar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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confessar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pt/confessar

Chicago

"confessar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pt/confessar.

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@misc{confessar_2026,
  title = {confessar},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pt/confessar},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}