Information about the word believe (English → Esperanto: kredi)

Synonyms: deem, give credit to, give credence to

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/bɪˈliːv/, /bəˈliːv/
Hyphenationbe·lieve
Shavian alphabet𐑚𐑦𐑤𐑰𐑝, 𐑚𐑩𐑤𐑰𐑝

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) believe(I) believed
(thou) believest(thou) believedst
(he) believes, believeth(he) believed
(we) believe(we) believed
(you) believe(you) believed
(they) believe(they) believed
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) believe (I) believed
(thou) believe(thou) believed
(he) believe(he) believed
(we) believe(we) believed
(you) believe(you) believed
(they) believe(they) believed
Imperative mood
believe
Participles
Present participlePast participle
believingbelieved

Usage samples

We believe, however, that the user will find most of the words he needs in this dictionary.
As the Russian propagandists explain, they are Ukrainians who do not believe that they are Russians and who oppose the Russian army’s valiant “liberation”.
Maasai women believe that, after conceiving a child, they must have sexual intercourse repeatedly so that the additional sperm aids the child’s development.

Translations

Afrikaansglo
Albanianbesue
Catalancreure
Czechdomnívat se; myslet; myslit; věřit
Danishtro
Dutchgeloven; geloof hechten aan
English (Old English)beliefan; geliefan
Esperantokredi
Faeroesetrúgva
Finnishuskoa
Frenchcroire
Germanglauben
Icelandictrúa
Italiancredere
Jamaican Patoisbiliiv
Latincredere
Low Germangelöyven; löyven
Norwegiantro
Papiamentokere
Polishwierzyć
Portugueseacreditar; crer
Romaniancrede
Saterland Frisianleeuwe
Scottish Gaeliccreid
Spanishcreer
Srananbribi
Swedishtro
Thaiเชื่อ; เชื่อถือ
Turkishinanmak
West Frisianleauwe