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creer

to believe, to think

verb Word 44 of the core 1,000 · Stage 1, Essentials

How to conjugate creer

The present, preterite, imperfect and future, with the English for every form.

Present

yo creo I believe / I am believing / I think / I am thinking
tú crees you believe / you are believing / you think / you are thinking
él/ella cree he/she believes / he/she is believing / you believe (formal) / you are believing (formal) / he/she thinks / he/she is thinking / you think (formal) / you are thinking (formal)
nosotros creemos we believe / we are believing / we think / we are thinking
ellos/ellas creen they believe / they are believing / you all believe / you all are believing / they think / they are thinking / you all think / you all are thinking

Preterite

yo creí I believed / I thought
tú creíste you believed / you thought
él/ella creyó he/she believed / you believed (formal) / he/she thought / you thought (formal)
nosotros creímos we believed / we thought
ellos/ellas creyeron they believed / you all believed / they thought / you all thought

Imperfect

yo creía I was believing / I used to believe / I was thinking / I used to think
tú creías you were believing / you used to believe / you were thinking / you used to think
él/ella creía he/she was believing / he/she used to believe / you were believing (formal) / you used to believe (formal) / he/she was thinking / he/she used to think / you were thinking (formal) / you used to think (formal)
nosotros creíamos we were believing / we used to believe / we were thinking / we used to think
ellos/ellas creían they were believing / they used to believe / you all were believing / you all used to believe / they were thinking / they used to think / you all were thinking / you all used to think

Future

yo creeré I will believe / I will think
tú creerás you will believe / you will think
él/ella creerá he/she will believe / you will believe (formal) / he/she will think / you will think (formal)
nosotros creeremos we will believe / we will think
ellos/ellas creerán they will believe / you all will believe / they will think / you all will think

In a sentence

No te creo, eso no es verdad.

I don't believe you, that's not true.

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