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confess Meaning in Portuguese (confess significado em português)

confessar
confessar in English:confess
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O significado de confess em português é confessar. (Admitir ou reconhecer algo, especialmente um crime, falha ou um segredo embaraçoso, muitas vezes com um sentimento de culpa ou alívio.)

Definitions of Confess

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    verb
    confessar

    To admit or acknowledge something, especially a crime, fault, or an embarrassing secret, often with a sense of guilt or relief.

    Admitir ou reconhecer algo, especialmente um crime, falha ou um segredo embaraçoso, muitas vezes com um sentimento de culpa ou alívio.

Example Sentences

“He decided to confess his sins to the priest.”

Ele decidiu confessar seus pecados ao padre.

“She confessed that she had broken the vase.”

Ela confessou que tinha quebrado o vaso.

“The suspect finally confessed to the crime after hours of interrogation.”

O suspeito finalmente confessou o crime após horas de interrogatório.

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Inflected Word Forms

third person singularconfesses
past tenseconfessed
present participleconfessing
nounconfession
agent nounconfessor

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

confess one's sinscollocation

To admit to having done wrong or committed immoral acts.

confess allexpression

To reveal everything one knows or has done, especially secrets or wrongdoings.

confess to a crimecollocation

To admit to having committed an illegal act.