professar

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾu.fəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾo.fəˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾo.feˈsaɾ]
• Homophone: professà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

professar (first-person singular present professo, first-person singular preterite professí, past participle professat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive) to profess (a belief or opinion)
2. (transitive) to profess, to feel (a strong emotion)
3. (transitive) to practice (a science or art)
4. (intransitive, religion) to fulfill one's religious vows

• professor

• “professar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “professar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “professar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “professar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From professo +‎ -ar.

• Hyphenation: pro‧fes‧sar

professar (first-person singular present professo, first-person singular preterite professei, past participle professado)

1. (transitive) to profess (to acknowledge or confess publicly)
2. (transitive) to exercise, to practice

   Synonyms: exercer, praticar

3. (transitive, figuratively) to embrace, to follow (a belief, an ideal)

   Synonyms: abraçar, seguir

4. (transitive) to dedicate

   Synonym: dedicar

5. (intransitive) to profess (to take solemn vows when joining a religious or military order)

• “professar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “professar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025