to confess
01
erkänna, tillstå
to admit, especially to the police or legal authorities, that one has committed a crime or has done something wrong
Intransitive: to confess | to confess to an offense
grammatisk information
morfologisk sammansättning
enkelt
handlingsverb
regelbundet
presens
confess
3:e person singular
confesses
presens particip
confessing
enkelt preteritum
confessed
perfekt particip
confessed
Exempel
The suspect decided to confess to the crime during the police interrogation.
Den misstänkte beslöt att erkänna brottet under polisförhöret.
02
bekänna, erkänna
to admit one's faults and sins in front of a priest
Transitive: to confess one's sins
Exempel
The priest listened patiently as she began to confess her struggles.
Prästen lyssnade tålmodigt medan hon började bekänna sina svårigheter.
03
erkänna, tillstå
to admit something, especially when it makes you feel uncomfortable or guilty
Transitive: to confess that | to confess to sth
Exempel
She confessed that she had broken the vase by accident.
Hon erkände att hon hade brutit vasen av misstag.
Lexikalt Träd
confession
confessor
confess
