WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
| confess⇒ vi | (admit sin) | erkänna vitr |
| | If you don't confess, your conscience will torture you. |
| confess vi | (admit a crime) | erkänna vitr |
| | Police are hoping she'll confess to avoid a trial. |
| | Polisen hoppas att hon ska erkänna så att en rättegång kan undvikas. |
| confess to [sth] vi + prep | (admit [sth]) | erkänna ngt, medge ngt vitr |
| | A woman came to the police station and confessed to the murder. |
| confess to doing [sth] v expr | (admit doing [sth]) | erkänna att man gjort ngt vbal uttr |
| | Jim confessed to making a mess in the office kitchen. |
| confess [sth]⇒ vtr | (admit: guilt) | erkänna ngt, medge ngt vtr |
| | He confessed his guilt after hours of questioning. |
| confess [sth] to [sb] vtr + prep | (admit guilt to [sb]) | erkänna ngt för ngn vbal uttr |
| | Dwight confessed his guilt to his pastor. |
| confess [sth] vtr | (admit: sins to a priest) | bikta sig vtr + refl |
| | Mary suddenly felt that she needed to confess her sins. |
| confess [sth] to [sb]⇒ vtr | (admit: sins to a priest) | bikta sig vtr + refl |
| | Sophia confesses her sins to her priest frequently. |
WordReference English-Swedish Dictionary © 2025:
| Huvudsakliga översättningar |
fess up,
'fess up vi phrasal | slang, abbreviation (confess) | erkänna vtr |
| | | medge vtr |
fess up to [sth],
'fess up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | slang, abbreviation (admit) | erkänna vtr |
| | (bildlig) | krypa till korset vbal uttr |
| | | medge vtr |