Conjugation of the Italian verb credere A list of the common conjugations for the Italian verb credere , along with their English translations.
Infinitive credere to believe
Present Indicative 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
Present Continuous / Presente ProgressivoNote for the Present Continuous Italian uses the present tense of the verb stare and the gerund of the verb.
io sto credendo I am believing tu stai credendo you are believing lui sta credendo he is believing lei sta credendo she is believing noi stiamo credendo we are believing voi state credendo you are believing loro stanno credendo they are believing
Imperfect Indicative 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. io credetti I believed tu credesti you believed lui credette he believed lei credette she believed noi credemmo we believed voi credeste you believed loro credettero they believed
Past / Passato prossimo 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 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 Indicative 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
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 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
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
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Imperative credi Believe crediamo Let's believe credete Believe
Present Participle credente believing
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