creer

See also: Creer and créer

Asturian

Verb

creer

  1. alternative form of creyer

Further reading

Latin

Verb

creer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of creō

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crēdere, from Proto-Italic *krezdō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (“to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe”), compound phrase of oblique case form of *ḱḗr (“heart”) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾeˈeɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ

Verb

creer

  1. to believe

Descendants

  • Galician: crer
  • Portuguese: crer

Further reading

Romanian

Noun

creer m (plural creeri)

  1. obsolete form of creier

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative creer creerul creeri creerii
genitive-dative creer creerului creeri creerilor
vocative creerule creerilor

References

  • creer in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish creer,[1] from Latin crēdere, from Proto-Italic *krezðō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (“to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe”), compound phrase of oblique case form of *ḱḗr (“heart”) and *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɾeˈeɾ/ [kɾeˈeɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: cre‧er

Verb

creer (first-person singular present creo, first-person singular preterite creí, past participle creído)

  1. (transitive) to believe
    Creé en vos mismo.
    Believe in yourself.
  2. (transitive) to think, to believe, to reckon, to be of the opinion
    Synonyms: pensar, opinar
    ¿Qué crees?
    What do you think?
    Creo que es mejor así.
    I believe it's better this way.
    ¿Tú crees?
    You think so?
  3. to give credence to
  4. (reflexive, copulative) to think one is something
    Se cree Dios.
    (S)he thinks (s)he's God.

Usage notes

When it precedes the conjunction que and a clause, the affirmative form can only be used before the indicative mood, and the use of the subjunctive is grammatically incorrect. The subjunctive mood can be used after interrogative or negative sentences to express doubt. The use of the indicative mood in these cases is grammatically incorrect.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of creer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive creer
gerund creyendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular creído creída
plural creídos creídas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present creo creestú
creésvos 		cree creemos creéis creen
imperfect creía creías creía creíamos creíais creían
preterite creí creíste creyó creímos creísteis creyeron
future creeré creerás creerá creeremos creeréis creerán
conditional creería creerías creería creeríamos creeríais creerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present crea creastú
creásvos2 		crea creamos creáis crean
imperfect
(ra) 		creyera creyeras creyera creyéramos creyerais creyeran
imperfect
(se) 		creyese creyeses creyese creyésemos creyeseis creyesen
future1 creyere creyeres creyere creyéremos creyereis creyeren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative creetú
creévos 		crea creamos creed crean
negative no creas no crea no creamos no creáis no crean

1Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of creer

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive creer dative creerme creerte creerle, creerse creernos creeros creerles, creerse
accusative creerme creerte creerlo, creerla, creerse creernos creeros creerlos, creerlas, creerse
with gerund creyendo dative creyéndome creyéndote creyéndole, creyéndose creyéndonos creyéndoos creyéndoles, creyéndose
accusative creyéndome creyéndote creyéndolo, creyéndola, creyéndose creyéndonos creyéndoos creyéndolos, creyéndolas, creyéndose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative cree dative créeme créete créele créenos not used créeles
accusative créeme créete créelo, créela créenos not used créelos, créelas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative creé dative creeme creete creele creenos not used creeles
accusative creeme creete creelo, creela creenos not used creelos, creelas
with formal second-person singular imperative crea dative créame not used créale, créase créanos not used créales
accusative créame not used créalo, créala, créase créanos not used créalos, créalas
with first-person plural imperative creamos dative not used creámoste creámosle creámonos creámoos creámosles
accusative not used creámoste creámoslo, creámosla creámonos creámoos creámoslos, creámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative creed dative creedme not used creedle creednos creeos creedles
accusative creedme not used creedlo, creedla creednos creeos creedlos, creedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative crean dative créanme not used créanle créannos not used créanles, créanse
accusative créanme not used créanlo, créanla créannos not used créanlos, créanlas, créanse

References

  1. ^ Concepción Company Company (1985), “Los futuros en el español medieval, sus orígenes y su evolución [The future tense in Medieval Spanish, its origin and its evolution]”, in Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica (NRFH)‎[1] (in Spanish), volume 34, number 1 (PDF), Mexico City: Centro de Estudios Lingüísticos y Literarios (CELL), El Colegio de México, published 1985, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, retrieved 14 June 2019, page 105

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