creerse

creerse

► verbo pronominal

1 (aceptar) to believe

■ no me lo creo I don't believe it, I can't believe it

■ no puedo creerme que sea tan barato I can't believe it's so cheap

2 (considerarse) to think

■ se cree un gran cantante he thinks he's a great singer

■ ¿quién te has creído que eres? who do you think you are?

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VPR

1) (=considerar cierto) to believe

no me lo creo — I don't believe it

eso no se lo creerá nadie — no one will believe that

se cree todo lo que le dicen — he believes everything he's told

hace falta que yo me lo crea — I remain to be convinced

¡que te crees tú eso! — * you must be joking! *

¡no te lo crees ni tú! — * come off it! *

2) (=pensar) to think

¿de dónde te crees que sacan el dinero? — where do you think they get the money?

¿pero tú qué te crees, que soy millonario? — what do you think I am, a millionaire or something?

3) (=considerarse) to think

se cree muy listo — he thinks he's pretty clever

¿quién te crees que eres? — who do you think you are?

se cree alguien — he thinks he's somebody

¿qué se ha creído? — who does he think he is?

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(v.) = make out to be

Ex. This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.

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(v.) = make out to be

Ex: This description suggests that OPAC searching is less dauntingly complex than it is often made out to be.

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■creerse verbo reflexivo to consider oneself to be: ¿quién te has creído que eres?, who do you think you are?
'creerse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
creer
- tragar
English:
salt

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vpr

1. [considerarse] to believe oneself to be;

se cree Dios he thinks he's God;

se creen muy inteligentes they think they're very intelligent;

¿qué te has creído, que soy tu esclava? do you think I'm your slave or something?;

¿pero tú quién te has creído que eres? just who do you think you are?;

invítame a una cerveza – ¡que te lo has creído o [m5]que te crees tú eso! buy me a beer – get real! o you must be joking!;

Fam

es un buen jugador pero se lo cree mucho he's a good player but he's very full of himself o Br he really fancies himself

2. [dar por cierto] to believe completely;

no me lo creo o [m5]puedo creerse I can't o don't believe it;

aunque no te lo creas, es una buena persona she's a good person, whatever you think, you may not think so, but she's a good person;

no te creas, parece travieso pero es un buen chaval not really, I know he seems naughty, but he's a good lad;

se cree todo lo que lee he believes o swallows everything he reads;

no te creas que es tan fácil don't imagine it's as easy as that, it isn't that simple;

¡no te vas a creerse quién nos visitó ayer! you'll never guess o believe who visited us yesterday!;

eso no te lo crees ni tú in your dreams!

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creerse

v/r

:

creerse que … believe that …;

se cree muy lista she thinks she’s very clever;

¡qué te has creído! you must be joking!

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vr

1) : to believe, to think

2) : to regard oneself as

se cree guapísimo: he thinks he's so handsome

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creerse vb to believe

no me lo creo I don't believe it