Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | confieso | |
| tú | confiesas | |
| él / ella / usted | confiesa | |
| nosotros / nosotras | confesamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | confesáis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | confiesan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | confesé | |
| tú | confesaste | |
| él / ella / usted | confesó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | confesamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | confesasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | confesaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | confesaba | |
| tú | confesabas | |
| él / ella / usted | confesaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | confesábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | confesabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | confesaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | confesaré | |
| tú | confesarás | |
| él / ella / usted | confesará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | confesaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | confesaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | confesarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | confesaría | |
| tú | confesarías | |
| él / ella / usted | confesaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | confesaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | confesaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | confesarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | confiese | |
| tú | confieses | |
| él / ella / usted | confiese | |
| nosotros / nosotras | confesemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | confeséis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | confiesen |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to confess, to come clean about
- to confess, to come clean
- to hear confession
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations