credere

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crēdere (“to believe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkre.de.re/

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• Rhymes: -edere
• Hyphenation: cré‧de‧re

Verb

crédere (first-person singular present crédo, first-person singular past historic credétti or (traditional) credètti, past participle credùto, auxiliary avére)

1. to believe
2. to think

Conjugation

    Conjugation of crédere (root-stressed -ere) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	crédere
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		credèndo
present participle		credènte	past participle		credùto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	crédo	crédi	créde	crediàmo	credéte	crédono
imperfect	credévo	credévi	credéva	credevàmo	credevàte	credévano
past historic	credétti, credètti1	credésti	credétte, credètte1	credémmo	credéste	credéttero, credèttero1
future	crederò	crederài	crederà	crederémo	crederéte	crederànno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	crederèi	crederésti	crederèbbe, crederébbe	crederémmo	crederéste	crederèbbero, crederébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	créda	créda	créda	crediàmo	crediàte	crédano
imperfect	credéssi	credéssi	credésse	credéssimo	credéste	credéssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		crédi	créda	crediàmo	credéte	crédano
negative imperative		non crédere	non créda	non crediàmo	non credéte	non crédano

¹Traditional.

• Unlike all other verbs, the negative imperative second person plural of credere may take the subjunctive rather than the indicative in some contexts, although the indicative is also used in others:

  Non crediate che sia tutto finito! ― Don't think that it's all over!

  Non credete a tutto ciò che vi dicono! ― Don't believe in everything they tell you!

Derived terms

• ricredere

Related terms

• credenza
• credersi
• credibile
• credito
• credo
• credulo

 

Further reading

• credere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Verb

crēdēre

1. second-person singular future passive indicative of crēdō

Verb

crēdere

1. inflection of crēdō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative

   crēdere — “to believe”

Neapolitan

Alternative forms

• crerere (alt. spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crēdere.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈkreːrərə]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈkreːdə]

Verb

credere

1. to believe, think (that)

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1595: “pensavamo che rimarrebbe” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Rocco, Emmanuele (1882) “credere”, in Vocabolario del dialetto napolitano

Romanian

Etymology

From crede +‎ -re.

Noun

credere f (plural crederi)

1. (dated) belief

Declension

Declension of credere

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) credere	crederea	(niște) crederi	crederile
genitive/dative	(unei) crederi	crederii	(unor) crederi	crederilor
vocative	credere, credereo		crederilor