Creer conjugation chart
Creer present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I believe | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you believe | |
| vos | you believe | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she believes | |
| nosotros | we believe | |
| vosotros | you all believe | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they believe |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Creer preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I believed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you believed | |
| vos | you believed | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she believed | |
| nosotros | we believed | |
| vosotros | you all believed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they believed |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Creer imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I believed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you believed | |
| vos | you believed | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she believed | |
| nosotros | we believed | |
| vosotros | you all believed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they believed |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Creer future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will believe | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will believe | |
| vos | you will believe | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will believe | |
| nosotros | we will believe | |
| vosotros | you all will believe | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will believe |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Creer conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would believe | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would believe | |
| vos | you would believe | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would believe | |
| nosotros | we would believe | |
| vosotros | you all would believe | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would believe |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Creer present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I believe | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you believe | |
| vos | that you believe | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she believe | |
| nosotros | that we believe | |
| vosotros | that you all believe | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they believe |
Regular: same endings as comer.
Creer imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I believed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you believed | |
| vos | if you believed | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she believed | |
| nosotros | if we believed | |
| vosotros | if you all believed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they believed |
Regular: same endings as comer.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (creyese), more common in writing.
Creer affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | believe! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | believe! | |
| usted | believe! | |
| nosotros | let's believe! | |
| vosotros | believe! | |
| ustedes | believe! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: cree. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (crea, creamos, crean).
Creer negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't believe! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't believe! | |
| usted | don't believe! | |
| nosotros | let's not believe! | |
| vosotros | don't believe! | |
| ustedes | don't believe! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + creas, crea…
Always the verb haber + the past participle creído, which never changes.
Creer present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he creído |
|---|---|
| tú | has creído |
| vos | has creído |
| él, ella, usted | ha creído |
| nosotros | hemos creído |
| vosotros | habéis creído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han creído |
Creer pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había creído |
|---|---|
| tú | habías creído |
| vos | habías creído |
| él, ella, usted | había creído |
| nosotros | habíamos creído |
| vosotros | habíais creído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían creído |
Creer future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré creído |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás creído |
| vos | habrás creído |
| él, ella, usted | habrá creído |
| nosotros | habremos creído |
| vosotros | habréis creído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán creído |
Creer conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría creído |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías creído |
| vos | habrías creído |
| él, ella, usted | habría creído |
| nosotros | habríamos creído |
| vosotros | habríais creído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían creído |
Creer present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya creído |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas creído |
| vos | hayas creído |
| él, ella, usted | haya creído |
| nosotros | hayamos creído |
| vosotros | hayáis creído |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan creído |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Creo que is the everyday “I think”: creo que sí is “I think so.” In the preterite, the i turns into y: creyó.
Examples with creer
Creo que va a llover.
I think it's going to rain.
No me lo creo.
I can't believe it!
Creí que eras argentina.
I thought you were Argentinian.
Practice creer
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