Translation for "own up" to spanish

Own up

verb

• confesar
• confesar de plano
• reconocer la culpa

Translation examples

confesar verb

“I’ve nothing to own up to, sir.”
—¡No tengo nada que confesar, señor supervisor! —De acuerdo.

Aye, I must own up to being curious.
—Sí, debo confesar que siento curiosidad.

I suspected not all the slaves were willing to own up.
Supuse que no todos los esclavos estaban dispuestos a confesar.

You’ve got too much pride to own up to what you did to your son.
Eras demasiado orgullosa para confesar lo que le hacías a tu hijo.

I am going to follow your advice and own up to the truth.’ Truth?
Voy a seguir vuestro consejo y a confesar la verdad. ¿La verdad?

He wondered if he should own up, but decided not to do so. “To tell the truth,”
Pensó si tenía que confesar la verdad, pero decidió no hacerlo.

He didn’t like to own up to his disobedience, which had nearly brought disaster on him.
No le agradaba tener que confesar su propia desobediencia que casi le lleva al desastre.

reconocer la culpa verb

The gist of the story was that the relationship was over and neither party was willing to own up to it.
La esencia de la historia contaba que la relación había terminado y ninguno de los dos quería reconocer su culpa.