creer
Asturian
Verb
creer
- alternative form of creyer
Latin
Verb
creer
- 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
- to believe
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 181 (facsimile):
- ⁊ el creeu ſeu conſello
- And he took their advice.
- ⁊ el creeu ſeu conſello
Descendants
Further reading
Romanian
Noun
creer m (plural creeri)
- obsolete form of creier
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
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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)
- (transitive) to believe
- (transitive) to think, to believe, to reckon, to be of the opinion
- to give credence to
Conjugation
Conjugation of creer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | creer | ||||||
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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 |
Selected combined forms of creer
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 tú 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 vos 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 |
Related terms
- acreer
- credibilidad
- crédito
- creedor
- creencia
- creíble
- creído
- creyente
- descreer
- no creas
- no te creas
- ya lo creo (“indeed, you bet, you better believe it, you can say that again”)
References
- ^ 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, , →ISSN, →OCLC, retrieved 14 June 2019, page 105
Further reading
- “creer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024