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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
Verb
creer
- to believe
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- ⁊ el creeu ſeu conſello
- And he took their advice.
Descendants
Further reading
Romanian
Noun
creer m (plural creeri)
- Obsolete form of creier.
Declension
References
- creer in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish creer, 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/
- 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
¿Qué crees?- What do you think?
Creo que es mejor así.- I believe it's better this way.
- to give credence to
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú 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.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive creer
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dative
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creerme
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creerte
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creerle, creerse
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creernos
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creeros
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creerles, creerse
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accusative
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creerme
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creerte
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creerlo, creerla, creerse
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creernos
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creeros
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creerlos, creerlas, creerse
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with gerund creyendo
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dative
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creyéndome
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creyéndote
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creyéndole, creyéndose
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creyéndonos
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creyéndoos
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creyéndoles, creyéndose
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accusative
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creyéndome
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creyéndote
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creyéndolo, creyéndola, creyéndose
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creyéndonos
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creyéndoos
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creyéndolos, creyéndolas, creyéndose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative cree
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dative
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créeme
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créete
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créele
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créenos
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not used
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créeles
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accusative
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créeme
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créete
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créelo, créela
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créenos
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not used
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créelos, créelas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative creé
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dative
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creeme
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creete
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creele
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creenos
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not used
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creeles
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accusative
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creeme
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creete
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creelo, creela
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creenos
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not used
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creelos, creelas
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with formal second-person singular imperative crea
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dative
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créame
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not used
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créale, créase
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créanos
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not used
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créales
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accusative
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créame
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not used
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créalo, créala, créase
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créanos
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not used
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créalos, créalas
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with first-person plural imperative creamos
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dative
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not used
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creámoste
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creámosle
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creámonos
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creámoos
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creámosles
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accusative
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not used
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creámoste
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creámoslo, creámosla
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creámonos
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creámoos
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creámoslos, creámoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative creed
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dative
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creedme
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not used
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creedle
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creednos
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creeos
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creedles
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accusative
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creedme
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not used
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creedlo, creedla
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creednos
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creeos
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creedlos, creedlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative crean
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dative
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créanme
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not used
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créanle
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créannos
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not used
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créanles, créanse
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accusative
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créanme
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not used
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créanlo, créanla
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créannos
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not used
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créanlos, créanlas, créanse
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Related terms
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) (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 2019-06-14, page 105
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