credere

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin crēdere (“to believe”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkre.de.re/
  • Audio(file)
  • 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,[1] 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

References
  1. imperativo in Treccani.it – Enciclopedia Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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

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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.