creer

Meaning

1. (transitive) to believe
2. (transitive) to think, to believe, to reckon, to be of the opinion
3. to give credence to

Concepts

believe

think

trust

feel

deem

suppose

consider

opine

expect

guess

judge

conceive

find

account

accredit

acknowledge

admit

avow

concede

recognize

hope

credit

be of the opinion

buy

creed

imagine

reckon

administer justice

appreciate

assess

estimate

evaluate

qualify

reason

try

understand

believes

Hyphenated as

cre‧er

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɾeˈeɾ/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish creer, from Latin crēdere, 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”).

Sentences

Creer en Dios es algo metafísico , la Iglesia es algo histórico .

Believing in God is something metaphysical, the Church is something historical.