creer
Meaning
- (transitive) to believe
- (transitive) to think, to believe, to reckon, to be of the opinion
- to give credence to
Concepts
be of the opinion
administer justice
Synonyms
tener fe
tener confianza
dar credito
dar crédito a
recononcer
Frequency
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”).
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