Creer in english
pronunciation: bɪliv part of speech: verb
creerse = make out to be.
Example: This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.creer = believe ; feel ; think ; opine ; ween.
Example: The preferred citation order should be that order which is believed to match the approach of many users who can be expected to retrieve information on the topic.Example: Some feel that the non-expressive nature of the notation limits the scheme's usefulness in computerised data bases.Example: Whether the juxtaposition of language with literature is as weighty an advantage as has on occasion been claimed is, I think, debatable.Example: Such techniques, she opined, emphasize production over people.Example: For I ween that I have done nothing less than the great apostles.more:
» al contrario de lo que se cree = contrary to popular belief .
Example: Contrary to popular belief still held by some, no accompanying service support was provided by Carnegie for the institution behind these monumental facades.» aunque no lo creas = believe it or not .
Example: Believe it or not, you can be celibate without being chaste, and chaste without being celibate.» como más conveniente lo + creer = in the manner of + Posesivo + choosing .
Example: Each year, we encourage our staff members to devote 5% of their working hours to the charity of their choice, in the manner of their choosing.» ¡como para creérselo! = Posesivo + famous last words .
Example: Maybe these will be his famous last words but he swears he is really committed to 'giving up taking drugs for good'.» comúnmente + creerse que = be commonly believed .
Example: It is commonly believed that a screw propeller for ships is more efficient than a paddle wheel.» créeme = take it from me .
Example: 'Take it from me, elections matter,' Gore said = "Créeme, las elecciones importan", dijo Gore.» creer a Alguien = take + Posesivo + word for it .
Example: We're also expected to take their word for it, because they're professionals, despite no real evidence.» creer adecuado = see + fit ; think + fit .
Example: He wanted to be free to develop the school according to his specifications, not someone else's, and he wanted to be able to expand in any way he saw fit. Example: If you are dissatisfied with your responses, go back and revise such parts of the text as you think fit.» creer conveniente = see + fit .
Example: He wanted to be free to develop the school according to his specifications, not someone else's, and he wanted to be able to expand in any way he saw fit.» creer de todo corazón = believe + wholeheartedly .
Example: I really do believe wholeheartedly that the middle road is the way to go -- anything extreme is not long-lasting.» creer en = put + stock in ; take + stock in ; Posesivo + heart + be with + Nombre .
Example: He falls hopelessly for her and makes a difficult sacrifice in the hopes of winning her affection, but she's too nihilistic to put any stock in love. Example: But, luckily, we've ended up better off than we ever have been, probably because it caused us to take stock in what's really important. Example: I didn't want to even think about it but I can see your heart isn't with us.» creer en imposibilidades = believe in + impossibilities .
Example: The problem with books like this is that people get sucked in and start believing in impossibilities.» creer en lo imposible = believe in + the impossible .
Example: Believe in the impossible and defy science if you think homeopathy works.» creer firmemente = believe + wholeheartedly .
Example: I really do believe wholeheartedly that the middle road is the way to go -- anything extreme is not long-lasting.» creer firmemente en/que = be a firm believer in/that ; be firm in + Posesivo + belief that .
Example: We are firm believers in the 'if it's not broken don't fix it' mentality. Example: She is firm in her belief that you can survive everything if you only try hard enough.» creer necesario = feel + a need for .
Example: The need was felt for a local data system which would provide not only catalogue and circulation control, but also acquisition routines and periodicals control.» creer que = harbour + the belief that ; be of the view that ; be of the opinion that .
Example: I harbor the belief that to a multitude of people music has always meant, an will continually mean, but one thing out of two: something melodious or odious. Example: The majority of respondents were of the view that their programmes now comprehend broader interests than might be suggested by the term 'librarianship'. Example: Some considered the rules over-complicated and fussy, whereas others were of the opinion that more detail was required.» creer que estar bien = feel + right .
Example: Two teenagers who wanted to experience murder told police it 'felt right' to strangle a friend and bury her body .» creer que estar mal = feel + wrong .
Example: Usually, when I have trouble sleeping it's not because I feel wrong or anything like that, it just happens.» creer (que + ser) necesario = deem + necessary .
Example: In early Gothic ecclesiastical work, transoms are found only in belfry unglazed windows, where they were deemed necessary to strengthen the mullions.» creerse = make out to be .
Example: This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.» creerse Dios = play + God .
Example: We'd have to mature a long, long way before we're truly ready to start playing God with out own genetic code.» creerse equivocadamente = lull + Nombre + into thinking .
Example: One is sometimes lulled into thinking that there might be a grain of rationality in his commentaries.» creerse la salvación de = be god's gift to .
Example: I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.» creérselas de = fancy + Reflexivo .
Example: A chemical engineering graduate of the California Institute of Technology, he fancied himself a scientist and something of an amateur theologian.» creérselo = go to + Posesivo + head ; get + too big for + Posesivo + boots ; get + too big for + Posesivo + breeches ; grow + too big for + Posesivo + breeches ; grow + too big for + Posesivo + boots .
Example: He put away twice as much wine as usual and it went to his head, so he stretched out on his bed for a nap. Example: He told Thaksin that when he himself was a boy, his mother always cut him down to size when he got too big for his boots. Example: He was unhappy about Rosecrans grabbing the limelight and just getting too big for his breeches and decided to let him stew a little bit. Example: Maybe he's just grown too big for his breeches; maybe she has been away too long and no one else has cut him down to size adequately enough in her absence. Example: He has grown too big for his boots and I hope someone cuts him down to size soon.» creerse que = be under the illusion that .
Example: Kids are under the illusion that the 'shotgun' seat holds more importance than the back seats.» creerse una broma = fall for + a joke ; fall for + it .
Example: Some people understood the joke and laughed, others fell for the joke and took it seriously. Example: The classic form of April fool hoax is to present an improbable situation in such a convincing way that people fall for it on the spur of the moment but later cannot understand why they did so.» creer sinceramente = believe + wholeheartedly .
Example: I really do believe wholeheartedly that the middle road is the way to go -- anything extreme is not long-lasting.» crees que...? = do you reckon...? .
Example: Do you reckon stress can make your blood sugar numbers suddenly go high?.» en contrar de lo que se cree = contrary to popular belief .
Example: Contrary to popular belief still held by some, no accompanying service support was provided by Carnegie for the institution behind these monumental facades.» hacer creer = lead to + believe ; lull + Nombre + into thinking .
Example: The Act was launched with a glossy advertising campaign that led claimants to believe they were entitled to larger sums of money than they in fact received. Example: One is sometimes lulled into thinking that there might be a grain of rationality in his commentaries.» hacer creer que = lead + Nombre + to believe .
Example: The sci-fi movie she watched led her to believe her family was being taken over by aliens and that the parade float they were constructing was really a spaceship.» lo creas o no = believe it or not .
Example: Believe it or not, you can be celibate without being chaste, and chaste without being celibate.» lo + creer + cuando lo + ver = Pronombre + will believe it when + Pronombre + see it .
Example: As for corrective measures having been taken, we'll believe it when we see it.» mucha gente + creer que = be widely believed .
Example: It is widely believed that the earth's natural ozone layer is being depleted because of chlorofluorocarbons.» no creerse Algo al pie de la letra = take + Nombre + with a pinch of salt .
Example: It is suggested that the 47% figure be taken with a large pinch of salt.» no creerse Algo del todo = take + Nombre + with a pinch of salt .
Example: It is suggested that the 47% figure be taken with a large pinch of salt.» no creérselo = not buy it .
Example: Virginia is claiming that global warming is 'unreliable, unverifiable and doctored' science, but the state's climatologists aren't buying it.» no + creerse + que + chuparse + el dedo = be not just a(nother) pretty face .
Example: She's not just a pretty face but she's also full of talent with a bossy streak.» no + creerse + que + chuparse el dedo = know + what's what .
Example: Amy may play the 'dumb blonde' persona, but she knows what's what.» no poderse creer = defy + belief ; beggar + belief .
Example: The bigoted attitude adopted by the author defies belief and his hatred of drug users is so deep that he wishes them dead. Example: It beggars belief that the liberals view the golly as a racist artefact of unenlightened times.» persona que se cree Algo = biter .
Example: USA presidential and vice presidential campaign stories were analyzed in terms of categories of biters and types of bites.» según se cree = reputedly .
Example: Reputedly, an Englishman's home is his castle.» ser muy difícil de creer = beggar + belief ; defy + belief .
Example: It beggars belief that the liberals view the golly as a racist artefact of unenlightened times. Example: The bigoted attitude adopted by the author defies belief and his hatred of drug users is so deep that he wishes them dead.» ya lo creo = indeed .
Example: Indeed the selection of an indexing approach is crucially dependent upon the way in which the index is to be used.