creer

creer

1. Alternative form of creyer

creer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of creō

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”).

• IPA^(key): /kɾeˈeɾ/

creer

1. 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.

• Galician: crer
• Portuguese: crer

creer m (plural creeri)

1. Obsolete form of creier.

• creer in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

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”).

• IPA^(key): /kɾeˈeɾ/ [kɾeˈeɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: cre‧er

creer (first-person singular present creo, first-person singular preterite creí, past participle creído)

1. (transitive) to believe
2. (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.

• “creer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014