Confesar conjugation chart
Confesar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I confess | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you confess | |
| vos | you confess | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she confesses | |
| nosotros | we confess | |
| vosotros | you all confess | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they confess |
The highlighted forms change their stem. Notice that nosotros, vosotros and vos stay out: draw a line around the forms that change and you get a boot, which is why these are called “boot verbs.”
Confesar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I confessed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you confessed | |
| vos | you confessed | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she confessed | |
| nosotros | we confessed | |
| vosotros | you all confessed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they confessed |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Confesar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to confess | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to confess | |
| vos | you used to confess | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to confess | |
| nosotros | we used to confess | |
| vosotros | you all used to confess | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to confess |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Confesar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will confess | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will confess | |
| vos | you will confess | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will confess | |
| nosotros | we will confess | |
| vosotros | you all will confess | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will confess |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Confesar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would confess | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would confess | |
| vos | you would confess | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would confess | |
| nosotros | we would confess | |
| vosotros | you all would confess | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would confess |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Confesar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I confess | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you confess | |
| vos | that you confess | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she confess | |
| nosotros | that we confess | |
| vosotros | that you all confess | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they confess |
Irregular in yo, tú, él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): confiese, confieses…; the other forms are regular.
Confesar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I confessed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you confessed | |
| vos | if you confessed | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she confessed | |
| nosotros | if we confessed | |
| vosotros | if you all confessed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they confessed |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (confesase), more common in writing.
Confesar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | confess! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | confess! | |
| usted | confess! | |
| nosotros | let's confess! | |
| vosotros | confess! | |
| ustedes | confess! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: confiesa. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (confiese, confesemos, confiesen).
Confesar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't confess! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't confess! | |
| usted | don't confess! | |
| nosotros | let's not confess! | |
| vosotros | don't confess! | |
| ustedes | don't confess! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + confieses, confiese…
Always the verb haber + the past participle confesado, which never changes.
Confesar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he confesado |
|---|---|
| tú | has confesado |
| vos | has confesado |
| él, ella, usted | ha confesado |
| nosotros | hemos confesado |
| vosotros | habéis confesado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han confesado |
Confesar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había confesado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías confesado |
| vos | habías confesado |
| él, ella, usted | había confesado |
| nosotros | habíamos confesado |
| vosotros | habíais confesado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían confesado |
Confesar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré confesado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás confesado |
| vos | habrás confesado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá confesado |
| nosotros | habremos confesado |
| vosotros | habréis confesado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán confesado |
Confesar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría confesado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías confesado |
| vos | habrías confesado |
| él, ella, usted | habría confesado |
| nosotros | habríamos confesado |
| vosotros | habríais confesado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían confesado |
Confesar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya confesado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas confesado |
| vos | hayas confesado |
| él, ella, usted | haya confesado |
| nosotros | hayamos confesado |
| vosotros | hayáis confesado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan confesado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Practice confesar
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