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SPANISH VERB

confesar

to confess

  • #192 most used
  • Irregular -ar verb
  • Gerund: confesando
  • Past participle: confesado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I confess
  2. tú you confess
  3. usted, él, ella he/she confesses
  4. nosotros we confess
  5. vosotros Spain you all confess
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they confess

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I confessed
  2. tú you confessed
  3. usted, él, ella he/she confessed
  4. nosotros we confessed
  5. vosotros Spain you all confessed
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they confessed

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to confess
  2. tú you used to confess
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to confess
  4. nosotros we used to confess
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to confess
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to confess

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will confess
  2. tú you will confess
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will confess
  4. nosotros we will confess
  5. vosotros Spain you all will confess
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will confess

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would confess
  2. tú you would confess
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would confess
  4. nosotros we would confess
  5. vosotros Spain you all would confess
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would confess

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I confess
  2. tú (that) you confess
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she confess
  4. nosotros (that) we confess
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all confess
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they confess

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I confessed
  2. tú (if) you confessed
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she confessed
  4. nosotros (if) we confessed
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all confessed
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they confessed

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú confess!
  2. usted confess! (formal)
  3. nosotros confess! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain confess! (all of you)
  5. ustedes confess! (all of you)

How to use confesar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Te confieso que nunca he visto esa película.

    I confess I've never seen that movie.

  2. Past

    Al final confesó que había roto el jarrón.

    In the end he confessed he had broken the vase.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi hermano nunca confesaba sus travesuras.

    My brother never confessed to his mischief.

  4. Future

    ¿Crees que confesará la verdad algún día?

    Do you think he'll confess the truth someday?

  5. Conditional

    Yo confesaría todo antes de que lo descubran.

    I would confess everything before they find out.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Es mejor que confieses ahora y no después.

    It's better that you confess now and not later.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Nadie esperaba que confesara delante de todos.

    Nobody expected her to confess in front of everyone.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Confiesa, tú te comiste el último trozo de pastel!

    Confess, you ate the last piece of cake!

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: irregular -ar verb.