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SPANISH VERB

creerse

to believe

  • Regular -er verb
  • Gerund: creyéndose
  • Past participle: creído

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I believe
  2. tú you believe
  3. usted, él, ella he/she believes
  4. nosotros we believe
  5. vosotros Spain you all believe
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they believe

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I believed
  2. tú you believed
  3. usted, él, ella he/she believed
  4. nosotros we believed
  5. vosotros Spain you all believed
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they believed

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to believe
  2. tú you used to believe
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to believe
  4. nosotros we used to believe
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to believe
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to believe

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will believe
  2. tú you will believe
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will believe
  4. nosotros we will believe
  5. vosotros Spain you all will believe
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will believe

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would believe
  2. tú you would believe
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would believe
  4. nosotros we would believe
  5. vosotros Spain you all would believe
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would believe

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I believe
  2. tú (that) you believe
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she believe
  4. nosotros (that) we believe
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all believe
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they believe

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I believed
  2. tú (if) you believed
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she believed
  4. nosotros (if) we believed
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all believed
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they believed

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú believe!
  2. usted believe! (formal)
  3. nosotros believe! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain believe! (all of you)
  5. ustedes believe! (all of you)

How to use creerse

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    ¿Te crees todo lo que sale en la tele?

    Do you believe everything that's on the telly?

  2. Past

    Me creí la broma hasta que se rieron todos.

    I believed the joke until everyone laughed.

  3. Imperfect

    De pequeño se creía que la luna lo seguía.

    As a boy he believed the moon followed him.

  4. Future

    Nadie se creerá que has cocinado tú esto.

    Nobody will believe that you cooked this.

  5. Conditional

    Yo no me creería ni una palabra de ese vendedor.

    I wouldn't believe a word that salesman says.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No pretendo que te lo creas, solo que me escuches.

    I'm not asking you to believe it, just to listen.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Contó la historia así para que nos la creyéramos.

    He told the story that way so we'd believe it.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Créete lo que quieras, pero yo no fui!

    Believe what you like, but it wasn't me!

Good to know

  • "Creerse algo" is to buy a story: no me lo creo. "Tenérselo creído" is to be full of yourself.

Where you hear creerse

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 2

  • ¿Encarna iba guapísima? Me lo creo. Encarna looked gorgeous? I believe it.
  • Cuando me lo contaron, no me lo creí. When they told me, I didn't believe it.
  • Encarna en un avión... Me lo voy a creer cuando lo vea. Encarna on a plane... I'll believe it when I see it.
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It Smells of Orange Blossom

Advanced Level 2 · Me lo creo.

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