creer
Asturian
Verb
creer
- Alternative form of creyer
Latin
Verb
creer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of creō
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin crēdere, present active infinitive of crēdō, 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/
Verb
creer
- to believe
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 181 (facsimile):
- ⁊ el creeu ſeu conſello
- And he took their advice.
- ⁊ el creeu ſeu conſello
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Descendants
- Galician: crer
- Portuguese: crer
Romanian
Noun
creer m (plural creeri)
- Obsolete form of creier.
Declension
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) creer | creerul | (niște) creeri | creerii |
genitive/dative | (unui) creer | creerului | (unor) creeri | creerilor |
vocative | creerule | creerilor |
References
- creer in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish creer[1], from Latin crēdere, present active infinitive of crēdō, 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
- Synonyms: pensar, opinar
- Creo que es mejor así.
- I believe it's better this way.
Conjugation
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 |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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) (PDF, in Spanish), volume 34, issue 1, Centro de Estudios Lingüísticos y Literarios (CELL), El Colegio de México, DOI:, ISSN 0185-0121, OCLC 795935707, retrieved 2019-06-14, page 105
Further reading
- “creer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014