Forms
- present (eu)
- acredito
- preterite (eu)
- acreditei
- past participle
- acreditado
Similar words
crer
crer is more literary or formal, often religious, like "creio em Deus"; acreditar is the everyday word — both mean "to believe."
Similar in other languages
Spanish
creer
creer is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to believe."
French
croire
croire is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to believe."
Practice
1 What does acreditar mean?
to believe
2 Fill the gap: Não ___!
Full sentence: Não acredito! (I don't believe it!)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches acreditar?
acreditar: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.