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Conjugation of the Italian verb credere

A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb credere, along with their English translations.

Infinitive		Scored
credere	to believe

Present		Scored
io credo	I believe
tu credi	you believe
lui crede	he believes
lei crede	she believes
noi crediamo	we believe
voi credete	you believe
loro credono	they believe

Imperfect		Scored
io credevo	I was believing
tu credevi	you were believing
lui credeva	he was believing
lei credeva	she was believing
noi credevamo	we were believing
voi credevate	you were believing
loro credevano	they were believing

Past Historic / Passato remoto This is a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Passato Prossimo is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
io credei	I believed
tu credesti	you believed
lui credé	he believed
lei credé	she believed
noi credemmo	we believed
voi credeste	you believed
loro crederono	they believed

Past / Passato prossimo		Scored
io ho creduto	I believed
tu hai creduto	you believed
lui ha creduto	he believed
lei ha creduto	she believed
noi abbiamo creduto	we believed
voi avete creduto	you believed
loro hanno creduto	they believed

Pluperfect / Trapassato prossimo		Scored
io avevo creduto	I had believed
tu avevi creduto	you had believed
lui aveva creduto	he had believed
lei aveva creduto	she had believed
noi avevamo creduto	we had believed
voi avevate creduto	you had believed
loro avevano creduto	they had believed

Future		Scored
io crederò	I will believe
tu crederai	you will believe
lui crederà	he will believe
lei crederà	she will believe
noi crederemo	we will believe
voi crederete	you will believe
loro crederanno	they will believe

Future Perfect / Futuro anteriore The Italian Future Perfect or Futuro anteriore is made with the future tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrò creduto	I will have believed
tu avrai creduto	you will have believed
lui avrà creduto	he will have believed
lei avrà creduto	she will have believed
noi avremo creduto	we will have believed
voi avrete creduto	you will have believed
loro avranno creduto	they will have believed

Conditional		Scored
io crederei	I would believe
tu crederesti	you would believe
lui crederebbe	he would believe
lei crederebbe	she would believe
noi crederemmo	we would believe
voi credereste	you would believe
loro crederebbero	they would believe

Conditional Perfect / Condizionale Passato The Italian Conditional Perfect or Condizionale Passato is made with the conditional tense of avere for transitive verbs or essere for reflexive and intransitive verbs and the past participle of the verb. The past participle agrees with the subject for verbs that take essere, or with the direct object for verbs that take avere.		Scored
io avrei creduto	I would have believed
tu avresti creduto	you would have believed
lui avrebbe creduto	he would have believed
lei avrebbe creduto	she would have believed
noi avremmo creduto	we would have believed
voi avreste creduto	you would have believed
loro avrebbero creduto	they would have believed

Present Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) io creda	(... that) I believe
(... che) tu creda	(... that) you believe
(... che) lui creda	(... that) he believes
(... che) lei creda	(... that) she believes
(... che) noi crediamo	(... that) we believe
(... che) voi crediate	(... that) you believe
(... che) loro credano	(... that) they believe

Imperfect Subjunctive		Scored
(... che) je credessi	(... that) I was believing
(... che) tu credessi	(... that) you were believing
(... che) il credesse	(... that) he was believing
(... che) elle credesse	(... that) she was believing
(... che) nous credessimo	(... that) we were believing
(... che) vous credeste	(... that) you were believing
(... che) ils credessero	(... that) they were believing
(... che) elles credessero	(... that) they were believing

Imperative		Scored
credi	Believe
crediamo	Let's believe
credete	Believe

Present Participle		Scored
credente	believing

Past Participle		Scored
creduto	believed

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