crer

Meaning

to believe

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɾe(ʁ)/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese 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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