Do you believe in me?

Question

Do you use creer for this? Seems odd.

Answer 1

Yes we do_

¿Crees en mí?

Snap!! - galsally, Feb 6, 2011

jeje, soy speedy gonzales;) - 00494d19, Feb 6, 2011

Gracias. ;) - jeezzle, Feb 6, 2011

Can that be used similarly to ¿Confias en mí? - webdunce, Feb 6, 2011

¡Arriba, arriba! ¡Ándale, Ándale! - webdunce, Feb 6, 2011

Answer 2

Do you mean that as to have faith in? (to trust)

intransitive verb 1. to believe (en in)

creer

1. tr. Tener por cierto algo que el entendimiento no alcanza o que no está comprobado o demostrado.

That sounds like the classic definition of having faith in.

tr. creer en Dios.

Answer 3

Creo que sí, jeezzle (;p)

¿Crees en mí?

Aunque si quieres decirlo con el sentido de 'do you trust me?', creo que no.

A ver que dicen los nativos...

Answer 4

If you are referring to people having confidence that the other person will do what's right, will act with sufficient skill, or whatever...I have most often heard, ¿Confías en mí? for that type of thing (in movies...mostly cartoons...it's a central point in Disney's Aladdin, as a matter of fact).

But maybe you mean like, "The secret to my success is that my parents always believed in me" which means something like "my parents always thought I would do well, and so I did." That's a use of "belief" which I don't fully understand in the English, although it does seem something like tener confidencia en alguien or confiar en alguien as well.

I guess in English faith and confidence are roughly interchangeable. I reckon it could be so in Spanish, too (tener fe, tener confidencia, confiar)

Answer 5

So is "¿Crees en mí?" the same as "¿Tienes fe en mi?

I must have read your mind - 0074b507, Feb 6, 2011

Maybe I read yours ;) - jeezzle, Feb 6, 2011