confessate

Confessate is an Italian word with two primary uses, depending on its grammatical role.

As a verb form, confessate is the second-person plural imperative of the verb confessare, meaning you all confess or, in some contexts, confess yourselves. It is the direct instruction form addressed to the plural “you.” Example: Confessate i vostri errori.

As a participle, confessate is the feminine plural past participle of confessare. It can function as a participle in compound tenses with the auxiliary avere when a feminine plural direct object precedes the participle (for example, Le avete confessate). It can also appear with essere to agree with a feminine plural subject in passive or reflexive constructions (for example, Le ragazze si sono confessate; or le accuse sono state confessate). Additionally, it can act as an adjective in feminine plural form, agreeing with a feminine plural noun, as in informazioni confessate (confessed information).

Etymology: confessate derives from the Italian verb confessare, itself from Latin confessare, from confessus, the past participle of confiteri (to confess). The form reflects standard Italian verb conjugation and participle agreement patterns.

See also: confessare, confessione, confessionale, confessionale.

In sum, confessate is primarily recognized in Italian as (1) the voi imperative of confessare and (2) the feminine plural past participle of confessare, used in various compound or adjectival constructions.