creer
Spanish, verb/kɾeˈeɾ/
creer is a Spanish verb meaning “to believe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estar persuadido de que algo es cierto”.
What does creer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to believe
Creé en vos mismo.
- 2
to think, to believe, to reckon, to be of the opinion
¿Qué crees?
- 3
to give credence to
- 4
to think one is something
Ella se cree Dios.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Estar persuadido de que algo es cierto. 2. Tener por verosímil o probable. 3. Dar asenso, tener por cierto. 4. Pensar, juzgar, sospechar o estar persuadido.
verb: 1. Dar firme asenso a las verdades reveladas por Dios, y puestas por la Iglesia.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of creer
- creo first-person present singular
- creí first-person preterite singular
- creído participle past
- creyendo gerund
- creída feminine participle past
- creídos masculine participle past
- creídas feminine participle past
- crees indicative informal present
- creés indicative informal present
- cree indicative present singular
- creemos first-person indicative plural
- creéis indicative plural present
- creen indicative plural present
- creía first-person imperfect indicative
- creías imperfect indicative second-person
- creíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- creíais imperfect indicative plural
- creían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce creer?
- /kɾeˈeɾ/
- [kɾeˈeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to creer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is creer in Spanish?
creer appears 102 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).