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Creo en la justicia. = I believe in justice.

creo = I
en = in
la = the
justicia = justice

creer = believe

Above, I try to break down the meaning of the phrase "Creo en la justicia."

In google translate, creo means I. Where is the word for believe?

Most humbly yours

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Originally Posted by ZMEUE (Post 123545)

In google translate, creo means I.

Google translate is obviously wrong. Beware such translators.

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Originally Posted by ZMEUE (Post 123545)

That would be semi correct.

(yo) Creo = I believe.

It is the conjugated form.

Like Perikles warned you, beware of electronic translators.

Now, if you treat an electronic translator as a dictionary, you can use that to your advantage and translate word by word, then the translation can happen in your head, instead of the electronic mean. That is most advantageous for you.

:)

Welcome to the forums.

'Creo' means 'I believe'.

'Creer' is the infinitive form of the verb 'believe'. This is the unconjugated form of the verb. In order to use the verb as an action, it must be conjugated. The various endings a verb can take during conjugation will convey the person. In the present indicative tense, the ending for the first person ('I'; 'yo', in Spanish) always conveys the person unequivocally. Therefore, there's no need to say 'yo', since it's already conveyed by person ending. If you do say the subject pronoun - 'yo creo' - you're adding emphasis to the subject.

'Creo' is only one form of the present indicative tense. If the subject is someone other than the first person, another ending is needed. See the table below for all the possible endings in the present indicative tense for an -ER verb (the ending of the infinitive form).

Creer (Stem: CRE- Ending: -ER)
Present Indicative Tense

As you can see, the third person has the same ending for all three subject pronouns. If the subject isn't known, the subject needs to stated to dispel ambiguity.

There are two other verb types:
-AR Verbs
-IR Verbs

These verbs take different endings, as depicted in the tables that follow.

Hablar (Stem: HABL- Ending: -AR)
Present Indicative Tense

Vivir (Stem: VIV- Ending: -IR)
Present Indicative Tense