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credere

to believe; think

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Includes indicative, conditional, subjunctive and imperative forms, with participles and other supplied forms below.

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Indicative

credere: Present
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	I believe
tu	you believe
lui/lei	he/she believes; you (formal) believe
noi	we believe
voi	you (plural) believe
loro	they believe

credere: Compound past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	I believed; I have believed
tu	you believed; you have believed
lui/lei	he/she believed; he/she has believed; you (formal) believed; you (formal) have believed
noi	we believed; we have believed
voi	you (plural) believed; you (plural) have believed
loro	they believed; they have believed

credere: Imperfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	I believed
tu	you believed
lui/lei	he/she believed; you (formal) believed
noi	we believed
voi	you (plural) believed
loro	they believed

credere: Pluperfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	I had believed
tu	you had believed
lui/lei	he/she had believed; you (formal) had believed
noi	we had believed
voi	you (plural) had believed
loro	they had believed

credere: Remote past
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	I believed
tu	you believed
lui/lei	he/she believed; you (formal) believed
noi	we believed
voi	you (plural) believed
loro	they believed

credere: Past anterior
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	I had believed (before the next past event)
tu	you had believed (before the next past event)
lui/lei	he/she had believed (before the next past event); you (formal) had believed (before the next past event)
noi	we had believed (before the next past event)
voi	you (plural) had believed (before the next past event)
loro	they had believed (before the next past event)

credere: Future
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	I will believe
tu	you will believe
lui/lei	he/she will believe; you (formal) will believe
noi	we will believe
voi	you (plural) will believe
loro	they will believe

credere: Future perfect
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	I will have believed
tu	you will have believed
lui/lei	he/she will have believed; you (formal) will have believed
noi	we will have believed
voi	you (plural) will have believed
loro	they will have believed

credere: Present conditional
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	I would believe
tu	you would believe
lui/lei	he/she would believe; you (formal) would believe
noi	we would believe
voi	you (plural) would believe
loro	they would believe

credere: Past conditional
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	I would have believed
tu	you would have believed
lui/lei	he/she would have believed; you (formal) would have believed
noi	we would have believed
voi	you (plural) would have believed
loro	they would have believed

credere: Present subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	(that) I believe
tu	(that) you believe
lui/lei	(that) he/she believes; (that) you (formal) believe
noi	(that) we believe
voi	(that) you (plural) believe
loro	(that) they believe

credere: Past subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	(that) I have believed
tu	(that) you have believed
lui/lei	(that) he/she has believed; (that) you (formal) have believed
noi	(that) we have believed
voi	(that) you (plural) have believed
loro	(that) they have believed

credere: Imperfect subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	(that) I believed
tu	(that) you believed
lui/lei	(that) he/she believed; (that) you (formal) believed
noi	(that) we believed
voi	(that) you (plural) believed
loro	(that) they believed

credere: Pluperfect subjunctive
Person, form or usage	Form and meaning
io	(that) I had believed
tu	(that) you had believed
lui/lei	(that) he/she had believed; (that) you (formal) had believed
noi	(that) we had believed
voi	(that) you (plural) had believed
loro	(that) they had believed

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