creer

to believe, to think, to create

k ɾ e ˈe ɾ
verb Very common #2,310
to believe, to think Often used with “que” to introduce what you believe or think.
SP: Yo voy a creer que mañana va a llover.
EN: I am going to think that it’s going to rain tomorrow.
to create This is not a correct meaning of “creer” in Spanish; “crear” means “to create.”
SP: No debes creer que “creer” significa “to create”; el verbo correcto es “crear”.
EN: You shouldn’t believe that “creer” means “to create”; the correct verb is “crear”.
Conjugation of creer
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First creo creemos
Second crees creéis
Third cree creen
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First creo creemos
Second crees creáis
Third cree creen
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second cree creedme
Third crea crean
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First creía creíamos
Second creías —
Third creía creían
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First creía creíamos
Second creías —
Third creía creían
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First creí —
Second creíste —
Third creyó creyeron
Indicative future
SingularPlural
First creeré —
Second creerás —
Third creerá creerán
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First creeré —
Second creerás —
Third creerá creerán
Indicative
Past
Conditional
SingularPlural
First creería —
Second creerías —
Third creería —
Present
Subjunctive past

Sí, tampoco lo puedo creer.

Yes, I can't believe it either.

— Una segunda madre (2015)

Gracias por creer en mí.

Thank you for believing in me.

Cuesta creer, pero pienso en el Cougar ruso.

It's hard to believe, but I'm thinking of the Russian Cougar.

— El canto del lobo (2019)

No me van a creer, así de simple.

They won't believe me, plain and simple.

— Open Your Eyes (1997)

Es casi de no creer.

It's almost unbelievable.

En algo hay que creer.

You have to believe in something.

Amar es la mitad de creer.

To love is half to believe.

Estoy cansado de intentar creer todas tus mentiras.

I'm tired of trying to believe all your lies.

Nunca vas a creer esto.

You’re never going to believe this.

Le hiciste creer un cuento de hadas.

You made her believe a fairy tale.

— Bugonia (2025)

Acabo de hacerte creer algo que no es cierto.

I just made you believe something that isn't true.

— Ahora me ves 3 (2025)

Entonces usted no puede creer con certeza que Jesus era blanco.

So you cannot believe with certainty that Jesus was white.

— Malcolm X (1992)

Ver para creer.

Seeing is believing.

Perdón, pero ver para creer.

Sorry, but I'll believe it when I see it.

— Lindas y letales (2026)

Se dice que ver es creer.

They say seeing is believing.

No podía creer a mis ojos.

I couldn't believe my eyes.

Él ha de ser tonto para creer semejante cosa.

He must be a fool to believe such a thing.

Él no pudo creer su suerte.

He couldn't believe his luck.

Tessa no se lo va a creer.

Tessa won't believe it.

— Predator: Badlands (2025)

Nunca se sabe lo que puede creer el otro.

You never know what the other person might believe.

Todos quieren creer.

Everyone wants to believe.

No tan herida como nos hizo creer.

Not as hurt as she made us believe.

— Star Trek II: La ira de Khan (1982)

No te vas a creer lo que pasó ayer.

You won't believe what happened yesterday.

Por qué te iba a creer?

Why would I believe you?

— Cadena perpetua (1994)

Quiero creer.

I want to believe.

Tom no se podía creer lo que decía Mary.

Tom couldn't believe what Mary was saying.

Tengo fe para creer.

I have faith to believe.

Puedo creer eso más fácilmente que lo del gobierno.

I can believe that more easily than the government.

No sé en qué creer.

I don't know what to believe.

Tom no nos va a creer.

Tom isn't going to believe us.

Esta pareja acaba de llegar y no se lo pueden creer.

This couple just arrived and they can't believe it.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

No van a creer qué habitación.

You won't believe what room it is.

— GOAT: Como cabras (2026)

No lo va a poder creer.

You won't be able to believe it.

— Jugada maestra (2026)

No puede creer lo que acaba de escuchar.

She couldn't believe what she had just heard.

Me pagan para que los hombres crean lo que quieren creer.

I am paid to make men believe what they want to believe.

— Moulin Rouge (2001)

Así es, señor, eso me hiciste creer.

That's right, sir, that's what you made me believe.

— Hamnet (2025)

No me querían creer.

They wouldn’t believe me.

Él nunca dejó de creer en mí.

He never stopped believing in me.

— Dangal (2016)

No vas a creer lo que encontré.

You’re not going to believe what I found.

Dice que sin importar lo que diga, usted no le va a creer.

He says that no matter what he says, you're not going to believe him.

— El Extraño (2016)

La gente quiere creer.

People want to believe.

No se trata de creer o no creer, es un hecho.

It's not a matter of believing or not; it's a fact.

No se puede creer.

It's unbelievable.

— Relatos salvajes (2014)

En la aldea no se lo va a creer nadie.

Nobody in the village is going to believe it.

— El señor de los anillos: Las dos torres (2002)

Quiero creer eso.

I want to believe that.

Eres ingenuo al creer eso.

You're naive to believe that.

No te vas a creer quién vino hoy.

You won’t believe who came today.

Tom no quiere creer eso.

Tom doesn't want to believe that.

Tú no me vas a creer, pero el autobús llegó dos horas tarde.

You’re not going to believe me, but the bus arrived two hours late.

— Fue la mano de Dios (2021)

Yo tengo el poder con solo creer.

I have the power just by believing.

No pudieron creer lo que vieron.

They couldn't believe what they saw.

No puedes creer ni una palabra de lo que diga.

You can’t believe a word he says.

Son cosas difíciles de creer.

These are hard things to believe.

— Suspiria (1977)

Cuesta creer que no sea el verdadero.

It's hard to believe it's not the real one.

— Ha vuelto (2015)

No pude creer lo que veía.

I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

— Haz lo que debas (1989)

Creer o no creer.

To believe or not to believe.

— हैदर (2014)

Nadie le va a creer.

Nobody will believe him.

No te puedo creer, la vieja Olivetti.

I can't believe it, old Olivetti.

— El secreto de sus ojos (2009)

No sé cómo podés creer esas tonterías.

I don't know how you can believe such nonsense.

Nadie te va a creer.

Nobody will believe you.

Ah, no te puedo creer.

Oh, I can't believe it.

— Relatos salvajes (2014)

De no creer.

Unbelievable.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Ver es creer.

Seeing is believing.

No es tan tonto como para creer esa historia.

He's not stupid enough to believe that story.

Puedes creer todo lo que quieras de mí, pero eso no significa que sea cierto.

You can believe whatever you want about me, but that doesn’t mean it’s true.

Y no van a creer dónde estoy.

And you won't believe where I am.

— Avatar (2009)

No quiere creer lo que pasó.

He doesn't want to believe what happened.

Tienes que creer en mí.

You have to believe in me.

Apenas se puede creer.

It's almost unbelievable.

No vas a creer quién vino hoy.

You won’t believe who came today.

No deberías creer todo lo que Tom te dice.

You shouldn't believe everything Tom tells you.

Tom no puede creer lo que está pasando.

Tom can't believe what's happening.

Creo que algunos niños no han aprendido a creer en sí mismos.

I think some children haven't learned to believe in themselves.

— ¡Que te den profe! (2013)

Fue tonto de mi parte creer aquello.

It was foolish of me to believe that.

No te vas a creer el sueño que tuve anoche.

You won't believe the dream I had last night.

— El club de la lucha (1999)

Eso es lo que él os ha hecho creer.

That's what he's led you to believe.

— Durante la tormenta (2018)

No te lo vas a poder creer.

You won't believe it.

— La sociedad de la nieve (2023)

Me cuesta mucho creer esto.

I find this very hard to believe.

Créeme, esa excusa no te la van a creer.

Believe me, they’re not going to believe that excuse.

No me creas, pero creer en mí es lo que encontré.

Don't believe me, but believing in myself is what I found.

— Gully Boy (2019)

No va a creer esto, Señor.

You won't believe this, sir.

— Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Tom no sabía que no debía creer todo lo que dijo Mary.

Tom didn't know he shouldn't believe everything Mary said.

Tengo buenas razones para creer sin lugar a dudas que se trata de él.

I have good reasons to believe, beyond a doubt, that it is him.

— Roma. Ciudad abierta (1945)

Nadie nos va a creer.

Nobody is going to believe us.

Tom dice que no puede creer nada de lo que dice Mary.

Tom says he can't believe anything Mary says.

Bueno, se trata de creer, o de no creer.

Well, it's about believing, or not believing.

— Anatomía de una caída (2023)

Creer?

Believe?

— हम दिल दे चुके सनम (1999)

Deja de creer en mí.

Stop believing in me.

Tom nunca me volverá a creer.

Tom will never believe me again.

Tomás jamás se lo va a creer.

Tomás will never believe it.

Hazles creer a todos que eres maravilloso.

Make everyone believe you're wonderful.

— Fellini, ocho y medio (1963)

Nadie me va a creer.

Nobody is going to believe me.

Funciona porque la gente quiere creer.

It works because people want to believe.

— Núremberg (2025)

Me gustaría creer.

I would like to believe.

Nadie puede creer en ti más que tú mismo.

No one can believe in you more than you believe in yourself.

No sé qué creer.

I don't know what to believe.

En la aldea no lo va a creer nadie.

No one in the village will believe it.

De anoche, yo no me puedo creer nada.

I can't believe anything from last night.

— El club de la lucha (1999)

No se lo puedo creer.

I can't believe it.

— El secreto de sus ojos (2009)

No te vas a creer quién me llamó hoy.

You won’t believe who called me today.

Pues yo creo en los milagros, y tú deberías creer también.

Well, I believe in miracles, and you should too.

— Hable con ella (2002)

Es difícil creer lo que dices.

It's hard to believe what you're saying.

Nadie se lo va a creer.

Nobody's going to believe it.

— Anatomía de una caída (2023)

No me va a creer.

You're not going to believe me.

— El conformista (1971)

La gente cree lo que quiere creer.

People believe what they want to believe.

Debes creer con fe ciega.

You must believe blindly.

— Comer, beber, amar (1994)

Debo ver para creer.

I have to see it to believe it.

— O Auto da Compadecida (2000)

No puedes creer lo hermoso que es el jardín en el otoño.

You can’t believe how beautiful the garden is in the fall.

Casi no se puede creer.

It's almost unbelievable.

Yo le haré creer, entiende?

I'll make him believe, you understand?

No podíamos creer lo que estaba pasando.

We couldn't believe what was happening.

— La ciudad de las estrellas (La La Land) (2016)

Está empezando a creer.

He's starting to believe.

Resulta fácil de creer.

It's easy to believe.

No quería creer las cosas que Tom dijo acerca de María ayer.

I didn't want to believe the things Tom said about Maria yesterday.

Puedes creer lo que quieras.

You can believe whatever you want.

— Cadena perpetua (1994)

Tenemos que creer.

We have to believe.

— F1 la película (2025)

Tan malo es no creer a nadie como creer a todos.

It's just as bad to believe no one as it is to believe everyone.

He visto cosas que vosotros no podríais creer.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.

Yo no me lo podía creer.

I just couldn't believe it.

— Volver (2006)

Me gustaría creer eso.

I'd like to believe that.

Así que les dimos lo que querían creer.

So we gave them what they wanted to believe.

No vas a creer lo que pasó hoy.

You won't believe what happened today.

Deben estar locos para creer semejante sinsentido.

They must be crazy to believe such nonsense.

No deberías creer las mentiras, las tonterías.

You shouldn't believe the lies, the nonsense.

— Hunting Season (2025)

Un 'bien 'más y no le voy a creer.

One more 'good' and I won't believe you.

Nos debe creer.

He must believe us.

— El señor de los anillos: El retorno del rey (2003)

Yo solía creer eso.

I used to believe that.

No importa lo que digas, no te volveré a creer.

No matter what you say, I will never believe you again.

Te lo puedes creer?

Can you believe it?

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Mi padre decía que tenemos derecho a elegir en lo que queremos creer.

My father used to say that we have the right to choose what we want to believe.

— O Som ao Redor (2012)

Es lo que le hicimos creer.

That's what we made him believe.

Hay muchas cosas divertidas en las que creer.

There are lots of fun things to believe in.

Tom era bastante estúpido por creer lo que dijo María.

Tom was quite stupid for believing what Maria said.

No hay gente tan tonta como para creer lo que él dice.

No one is stupid enough to believe what he says.

No podés creer nada de lo que dice ese tipo.

You can't believe anything that guy says.

Ellos no se lo van a creer.

They’re not going to believe it.

No me lo podía creer.

I couldn't believe it.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

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