creure

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”). Compare Occitan creire or créser, French croire, Spanish creer.

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creure (first-person singular present crec, first-person singular preterite creguí, past participle cregut); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive, reflexive) to take as true

   No creguis res si no ho veus. ― Don't believe anything if you don't see it.

   No et creguis res si no ho veus. ― Don't believe anything if you don't see it.

2. (transitive) to think, to believe

   Creiem que no ella vindrà. ― We think she won't come.

3. (transitive) to believe as saying the truth

   Per què no em creus? ― Why don't you believe me?

   • 2020 December 7, Noelia Ramírez, “‘Gambito de dama’, tenim un problema (o per què les lletges de la literatura són maques a la pantalla)”, in El País‎:

     Bàsicament, creu que la protagonista és massa atractiva per creure-se-la.

     Basically, he thinks that the female protagonist is too attractive to be believable.

4. (transitive) to obey

   Ja creuen els nens el mestre? ― Do children obey the teacher?

5. to believe

   Ella creu en l'amor. ― She believes in love.

6. (intransitive) to behave

   Ja creuen els nens a classe? ― Do children behave in the classroom?

7. (intransitive) to have faith

• “creure” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “creure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “creure” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “creure” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.