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In the Wild
Real-world usage & examples
"Mi gato se cree el dueño de la casa. Probablemente lo es."
My cat thinks he owns the house. He probably does.
"Ella cree en los horóscopos más que en el GPS."
She believes in horoscopes more than in GPS.
"Nadie cree que realmente voy a ir al gimnasio mañana."
Nobody believes I'm actually going to the gym tomorrow.
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Conjugations
Most common forms
creer
Infinitive
Most Used
"to believe"
creo
Singular · PRES · Ind · 1ª pers.
Most Used
"I believe"
cree
Singular · PRES · Ind · 3ª pers.
Current
"he/she believes"
crees
Singular · PRES · Ind · 2ª pers.
Common
"you believe"
creen
Plural · PRES · Ind · 3ª pers.
Common
"they believe"
creyó
Singular · PRET · Ind · 3ª pers.
Common
"he/she believed"
| Form | Tense / Mood | Person | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| creer | Infinitive | — | "to believe" |
| creyendo | Gerund | — | "believing" |
| creído | Participle | — | "believed" |
| Present Indicative | |||
| creo | Singular · PRES · Ind · 1ª pers. | yo | "I believe" |
| crees | Singular · PRES · Ind · 2ª pers. | tú | "you believe" |
| cree | Singular · PRES · Ind · 3ª pers. | él/ella/usted | "he/she believes" |
| creemos | Plural · PRES · Ind · 1ª pers. | nosotros | "we believe" |
| creéis | Plural · PRES · Ind · 2ª pers. | vosotros | "you all believe" |
| creen | Plural · PRES · Ind · 3ª pers. | ellos/ellas/ustedes | "they believe" |
| Preterite (Past) | |||
| creí | Singular · PRET · Ind · 1ª pers. | yo | "I believed" |
| creíste | Singular · PRET · Ind · 2ª pers. | tú | "you believed" |
| creyó | Singular · PRET · Ind · 3ª pers. | él/ella/usted | "he/she believed" |
| creímos | Plural · PRET · Ind · 1ª pers. | nosotros | "we believed" |
| creísteis | Plural · PRET · Ind · 2ª pers. | vosotros | "you all believed" |
| creyeron | Plural · PRET · Ind · 3ª pers. | ellos/ellas/ustedes | "they believed" |
| Imperfect | |||
| creías | Singular · IMPERF · Ind · 2ª pers. | tú | "you used to believe" |
| creía | Singular · IMPERF · Ind · 3ª pers. | él/ella/usted | "he/she used to believe" |
| creíamos | Plural · IMPERF · Ind · 1ª pers. | nosotros | "we used to believe" |
| creíais | Plural · IMPERF · Ind · 2ª pers. | vosotros | "you all used to believe" |
| creían | Plural · IMPERF · Ind · 3ª pers. | ellos/ellas/ustedes | "they used to believe" |
| Future | |||
| creeré | Singular · FUT · Ind · 1ª pers. | yo | "I will believe" |
| creerás | Singular · FUT · Ind · 2ª pers. | tú | "you will believe" |
| creerá | Singular · FUT · Ind · 3ª pers. | él/ella/usted | "he/she will believe" |
| creeremos | Plural · FUT · Ind · 1ª pers. | nosotros | "we will believe" |
| creeréis | Plural · FUT · Ind · 2ª pers. | vosotros | "you all will believe" |
| creerán | Plural · FUT · Ind · 3ª pers. | ellos/ellas/ustedes | "they will believe" |
| Conditional | |||
| creerías | Singular · COND · Ind · 2ª pers. | tú | "you would believe" |
| creería | Singular · COND · Ind · 3ª pers. | él/ella/usted | "he/she would believe" |
| creeríamos | Plural · COND · Ind · 1ª pers. | nosotros | "we would believe" |
| creeríais | Plural · COND · Ind · 2ª pers. | vosotros | "you all would believe" |
| creerían | Plural · COND · Ind · 3ª pers. | ellos/ellas/ustedes | "they would believe" |
| Present Subjunctive | |||
| creas | Singular · PRES · Subj · 2ª pers. | tú | "that you believe" |
| crea | Singular · PRES · Subj · 3ª pers. | él/ella/usted | "that he/she believe" |
| creamos | Plural · PRES · Subj · 1ª pers. | nosotros | "that we believe" |
| creáis | Plural · PRES · Subj · 2ª pers. | vosotros | "that you all believe" |
| crean | Plural · PRES · Subj · 3ª pers. | ellos/ellas/ustedes | "that they believe" |