creure
See also: creuré
Catalan
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin crēdere, from Proto-Italic *krezdō, 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”). Compare Occitan creire or créser, French croire, Spanish creer.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈkɾɛw.ɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈkɾəw.ɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈkɾew.ɾe]
Audio: (file)
Verb
editcreure (first-person singular present crec, first-person singular preterite creguí, past participle cregut); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
- (transitive, reflexive) to take as true
- No creguis res si no ho veus. ― Don't believe anything if you don't see it.
- No et creguis res si no ho veus. ― Don't believe anything if you don't see it.
- (transitive) to think, to believe
- Creiem que no ella vindrà. ― We think she won't come.
- (transitive) to believe as saying the truth
- Per què no em creus? ― Why don't you believe me?
- 2020 December 7, Noelia Ramírez, “‘Gambito de dama’, tenim un problema (o per què les lletges de la literatura són maques a la pantalla)”, in El País[1]:
- Bàsicament, creu que la protagonista és massa atractiva per creure-se-la.
- Basically, he thinks that the female protagonist is too attractive to be believable.
- (transitive) to obey
- Ja creuen els nens el mestre? ― Do children obey the teacher?
- to believe [with en ‘in’]
- Ella creu en l'amor. ― She believes in love.
- (intransitive) to behave
- Ja creuen els nens a classe? ― Do children behave in the classroom?
- (intransitive) to have faith
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of creure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)
infinitive | creure | ||||||
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gerund | creient | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | cregut | creguda | |||||
plural | creguts | cregudes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | crec | creus | creu | creiem | creieu | creuen | |
imperfect | creia | creies | creia | crèiem | crèieu | creien | |
future | creuré | creuràs | creurà | creurem | creureu | creuran | |
preterite | creguí | cregueres | cregué | creguérem | creguéreu | cregueren | |
conditional | creuria | creuries | creuria | creuríem | creuríeu | creurien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | cregui | creguis | cregui | creguem | cregueu | creguin | |
imperfect | cregués | creguessis | cregués | creguéssim | creguéssiu | creguessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | creu | cregui | creguem | creieu | creguin | |
negative (no) | — | no creguis | no cregui | no creguem | no cregueu | no creguin |
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “creure” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “creure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “creure” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “creure” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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