| Traduções principais |
| make a confession without duress v expr | (freely admit one's guilt) (admitir culpa sem coação) | confessar v int |
| | The police were surprised she made a confession without duress; the thought they would have to pressure her into admitting guilt. |
| own up to sth v expr | (confess responsibility for) | confessar v int |
| | | admitir v int |
| | Nobody owned up to the theft, so the teacher gave the whole class a detention. |
| confess vi | (admit sin) (pecado) | confessar vt |
| | If you don't confess, your conscience will torture you. |
| | A sua consciência vai pesar se não confessar o pecado. |
| shrive vi | Biblical, archaic (Christianity: confess) (fazer confissão dos pecados) | confessar v int |
| | | confessar-se vp |
fess up,
'fess up vi phrasal | slang, abbreviation (confess) | confessar v int |
| own up vi phrasal | informal (confess to sth) | confessar v int |
| | | admitir v int |
| | My brother broke my mom's favorite lamp and refused to own up to it. |
| | Meu irmão quebrou o abajur favorito da minha mãe e se recusou a confessar. |
| avow sth vtr | formal (with object: declare, confess) | declarar, confessar vt |
| | | admitir vt |
| | The Chief Inspector avowed her intention to bring the murderer to justice. |
| come clean about sth vi + adj | informal (confess to sth) | confessar v int |
| | | botar a limpo expres v |
| | You might feel better if you go to your boss and just come clean about what you did. |
| admit to sth vi + prep | (confess to: a crime) | admitir vt |
| | | confessar vt |
| | Cross admitted to the theft of the money. |
| | Cross admitiu o roubo do dinheiro. |
fess up to sth,
'fess up to sth vi phrasal + prep | slang, abbreviation (admit) | confessar v int |
| | | admitir v int |
| shrive sb vtr | Biblical, archaic (Christianity: take confession of) (Cristianismo) | confessar vt |
| | The bishop shrived the sobbing woman. |
| admit to sth v expr | (acknowledge: feelings) | reconhecer vt |
| | | confessar vt |
| | Dave had admitted to being jealous of his younger brother. |
| | Dave reconheceu estar com ciúmes de seu irmão mais novo. |
| confess to sth vi + prep | (admit sth) | confessar vt |
| | A woman came to the police station and confessed to the murder. |
| | Uma mulher veio até a delegacia de polícia e confessou o assassinato. |
| confess to doing sth v expr | (admit doing sth) (figurado) | confessar vt |
| | | admitir vt |
| | Jim confessed to making a mess in the office kitchen. |
| | Jim confessou ter feito uma bagunça na cozinha do escritório. |
admit sth,
admit that sth vtr | (with clause: confess) | confessar vt |
| | | admitir vt |
| | Audrey admitted that she had started the rumours. |
unload,
offload vi | informal, figurative (tell all, confess) | desabafar v int |
| | | confessar v int |
| | I really need to unload after keeping this secret so long. |
| | Eu realmente preciso desabafar depois de manter esse segredo por tanto tempo. |
| confess sth vtr | (admit: guilt) | confessar vt |
| | He confessed his guilt after hours of questioning. |
| | Ele confessou o crime depois de algumas horas de interrogatório. |
| confess sth to sb vtr + prep | (admit guilt to sb) | confessar vt |
| | Dwight confessed his guilt to his pastor. |
| | Dwight confessou sua culpa ao pastor. |
| confess sth vtr | (admit: sins to a priest) | confessar vt |
| | Mary suddenly felt that she needed to confess her sins. |
| | Mary repentinamente sentiu que ela precisava confessar seus pecados. |
| confess sth to sb vtr | (admit: sins to a priest) | confessar vt |
| | Sophia confesses her sins to her priest frequently. |
| | Sophia confessa os pecados dela ao padre frequentemente. |