crer

Galician

Etymology

Contracted from Old Galician-Portuguese creer, 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

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Verb

crer (first-person singular present creo, first-person singular preterite crín, past participle crido)
crer (first-person singular present creio, first-person singular preterite crim or cri, past participle crido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to believe

   Antonym: descrer

2. to trust

   Synonym: confiar

   Antonym: desconfiar

Conjugation

Related terms

• crenza
• descrer

References

• “creer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cree” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “crer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “crer” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “crer” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “crer” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese 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

• Homophones: crê (Brazil, with -r dropping), querer (Portugal, with elision)
• Hyphenation: crer

Verb

crer (first-person singular present creio, first-person singular preterite cri, past participle crido)

1. to believe

Conjugation

Related terms

• crença