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croire [kʀwaʀ]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━➭ TABLE 441. <a. to believe• auriez-vous cru cela de lui ? would you have believed that of him?b. ( = penser) to think• il n'est pas là ? -- je crois que si isn't he in? -- yes I think he is• non, mais qu'est-ce que vous croyez ? what do you think?• je ne suis pas celle que vous croyez ! I'm not that sort of person!• où vous croyez-vous ? where do you think you are?c. (locutions)• à l'en croire... to listen to him...2. <* * *kʀwɑʀ
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1) ( trouver crédible) to believe [histoire, personne]2) ( penser) to thinkil est malin, (il ne) faut pas (colloq) croire! — he's clever, believe me!
on croirait de la soie/un diamant — it looks like silk/a diamond
3) ( se fier à)si l'on en croit l'auteur, à en croire l'auteur — if we are to believe the author
à en croire les sondages, elle va remporter les élections — if the polls are anything to go by, she will win the election
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croire à verbe transitif indirectcroire à — to believe [histoire]; to believe in [fantômes, justice, progrès]
‘veuillez croire à ma sympathie’ — ‘with deepest sympathy’
faire croire à un accident — to make people believe ou think it was an accident
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croire en verbe transitif indirect
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verbe intransitif Religion to believe
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se croire verbe pronominal* * *kʀwaʀ1. vt1) (= considérer comme vrai) [personne, récit, explication] to believeIl croit tout ce qu'on lui raconte. — He believes everything he's told.
À l'en croire, tout ne serait qu'une coïncidence. — According to her, it's all just a coincidence.
2) (= considérer comme)croire qn honnête — to believe sb to be honest, to think that sb is honest
3) (= penser)croire que — to think that, to think
croyant bien faire; Certains, croyant bien faire, ont administré des doses très élevées. — Some, thinking they were doing the right thing, administered very large doses.
4) (= imaginer)2. vi1) (conviction, adhésion)croire à qch [progrès, paix, avenir] — to believe in sth, [père Noël, fantômes] to believe in sth, [histoires] to believe sth
2) (foi)Oui, je crois, mais il faut un peu de patience. — Yes, I think so, but we must be patient.
4) RELIGION (= avoir la foi) to believe5) (sur lettre)croyez, cher Monsieur, à mes sentiments les meilleurs — yours sincerely
* * *croire verb table: croireA vtr1 ( admettre comme vrai) to believe [histoire, récit]; je n'en crois pas un traître mot I don't believe a single word of it; il faut le voir pour le croire it has to be seen to be believed; faire croire à qn to make sb believe [histoire];2 ( faire confiance à) to believe [personne]; je veux bien te croire mais I'd like to believe you but; tu me croiras si tu veux believe it or not; je n'en ai pas cru mes yeux/oreilles I couldn't believe my eyes/ears; ⇒ Dieu;3 ( penser) to think; j'ai cru mourir/étouffer I thought I was dying/suffocating; je crois rêver! I must be dreaming!; je crois n'avoir rien oublié I don't think I've forgotten anything; je crois pouvoir vous aider I think I can help you; croire nécessaire/bon/raisonnable de faire to think it necessary/a good thing/reasonable to do; il n'a pas cru bon de vous prévenir he didn't think it necessary to warn you; elle croyait bien faire she thought she was doing the right thing; croire que to think (that); je crois bien que non I don't think so; je crois savoir que I happen to know that; il faut croire qu'il avait vraiment besoin de repos it would seem that he really needed a rest; il est malin, (il ne) faut pas○ croire! he's clever, believe me!; c'est à croire qu'elle le fait exprès anyone would think she was doing it on purpose; je le croyais malade/disparu/sincère I thought he was ill/missing/sincere; je vous croyais en Afrique! I thought you were in Africa!; tu le crois capable de garder le secret? do you think he can keep the secret?; je ne suis pas celui que vous croyez I'm not what you think I am; tu ne crois pas si bien dire you don't know how right you are; on croirait de la soie/un diamant it looks like silk/a diamond; coiffée comme ça on croirait sa mère with her hair like that she looks just like her mother;4 ( se fier à) en croire to believe; si l'on en croit l'auteur, à en croire l'auteur if we are to believe the author; si l'on en croit le rapport if you believe the report; vous pouvez m'en croire you can believe me; à en croire les sondages, elle va remporter les élections if the polls are anything to go by, she will win the election; crois-en mon expérience take my word for it.B croire à vtr ind1 ( admettre comme vrai) croire à to believe [histoire, mensonge]; to believe in [fantômes, esprits]; je n'ai pas cru à ton histoire I didn't believe your story; personne n'a cru au suicide no-one believed it was suicide; nous avons cru à la victoire we thought we'd win; ‘veuillez croire à ma sympathie’ ‘with deepest sympathy’; faire croire à un accident/vol to make people believe ou think it was an accident/it was theft;2 ( être convaincu du mérite de) croire à to believe in [sorcellerie, justice, promesses]; croire à la médecine to have faith in doctors; croire au bonheur/à l'amour/au progrès to believe in happiness/in love/in progress.C croire en vtr ind1 ( avoir foi en) croire en to believe in [Dieu, esprit, saint]; croire en l'existence de qch/qn to believe in the existence of sth/sb;D vi Relig to believe.E se croire vpr1 ( se considérer) il se croit beau/libre/seul he thinks he's handsome/free/alone; elle se croit tout permis she thinks she can do what she likes; il se croit quelqu'un he thinks he's really somebody; on se croirait à New York/en Afrique you'd think you were in New York/Africa; tu te crois où? where do you think you are?;[krwar] verbe transitif1. [fait, histoire, personne] to believecrois-moi, on n'a pas fini d'en entendre parler! believe me, we haven't heard the last of thisje te prie de croire qu'il va entendre parler de nous! believe me, we haven't finished with him!tu ne me feras pas croire que... I refuse to believe that...si vous m'en croyez if you ask me ou want my opinionje n'en crois pas mes yeux/oreilles I can't believe my eyes/earsje croyais pouvoir venir plus tôt I thought ou assumed I could come earlierà la voir on croirait sa sœur to look at her, you'd think she was her sisteron l'a crue enceinte she was believed ou thought to be pregnantje crois que oui I believe ou think soil croit que non he doesn't think so, he thinks not————————[krwar] verbe intransitif1. [sans analyser] to believeon leur apprend à réfléchir et non à croire they're taught to think and not simply to believe what they're told————————croire à verbe plus préposition1. [avoir confiance en] to believe in2. [accepter comme réel] to believe inc'est à n'y pas croire! you just wouldn't believe ou credit it!4. [dans la correspondance]————————croire en verbe plus préposition1. [avoir confiance en] to believe in2. RELIGION————————se croire verbe pronominal transitif[penser avoir]————————se croire verbe pronominal intransitif1. [se juger]il se croit beau/intelligent he thinks he's handsome/intelligenttu te crois malin? think you're clever, do you?2. (familier & locution)et ton nom en grosses lettres sur l'affiche, mais tu t'y crois déjà! and your name in huge letters on the poster, you're letting your imagination run away with you!
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