Using Creer (and Other Verbs)

Dictionaries typically give "to believe" as the first meaning of creer, but you'd be making a mistake to always think of it that way. The Spanish verb can also mean "to think," at least in the sense one believes something is more likely to be true than not.

The lesson on creer is one of many on this site about using particular verbs. Here are some of them you might wish to check out:

• Andar (to walk)
• Bastar (to suffice)
• Dejar (to leave)
• Echar (to throw)
• Haber (to have)
• Hacer (to make or to do)
• Llevar (to carry or wear)
• Pensar (to think)
• Poder (to be able)
• Ser (to be)
• Tocar (to touch)