Pronúncia: prəˈfɛs
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transitive verb
- [faith, belief, etc.] professar.
- [assent] afirmar, declarar.
- [regret, etc.] manifestar.
- [ignorance, etc.] confessar.
- I do not profess to be a scholar no pretenc ésser un entès.
- she professes to be thirty diu que té trenta anys.
- to profess (oneself) to be a social reformer es fa passar per un reformador social.
- she professed that she could do nothing unaided diu que no pot fer res per ell mateix. reflexive verb
- to profess oneself satisfied donar-se per satisfet, declarar-se satisfet.
- to profess oneself unable to + infinitive declarar-se incapaç de + infinitiu.