Believable French Phrases
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The French verb croire, “to believe,” is found in many idiomatic expressions, including to think so, to make no mistake, and to take someone’s word for it. Learn these and dozens of other French expressions featuring croire.
Croire translations
- to assume
- to believe
- to consider
- to think
Croire expressions
| croire à | to believe (that something exists) | ||
| croire en | to believe in, have faith in (learn more) | ||
| croire préférable de + infinitive | to think it preferable to | ||
| croire que … | to believe that… | ||
| croire que non | to not think so | ||
| croire que oui | to think so | ||
| croire que si | to think so (in reponse to a negative) | ||
| croire qqch dur comme fer | (informal) | to be absolutely convinced of something | |
| À croire que… | You’d think… | ||
| Ã l’en croire | to hear him tell it, if you were to believe him | ||
| Aurais-tu cru ça de lui ? | Would you have believed that of him? | ||
| C’est à croire que… | You’d think… | ||
| C’est à n’y pas croire ! | It’s unbelievable! | ||
| Croyez-en mon expérience | Take it from me | ||
| Croyez-m’en | Believe me | ||
| Croyez-moi | Believe me | ||
| Faut croire que… | (informal) | It would seem/appear that… | |
| Faut pas croire ! | (informal) | Make no mistake about it! | |
| Il est à croire que… | (formal) | It is to be supposed/presumed that… | |
| je l’ai cru sur parole | I took his word for it | ||
| Je n’arrive pas à croire que … | I just can’t believe … | ||
| Je n’en crois rien | I don’t believe a word of it | ||
| Je n’en croyais pas mes oreilles/yeux | I couldn’t believe my ears/eyes | ||
| Je ne suis pas celle que vous croyez ! | I’m not that kind of person! | ||
| Je te / vous crois ! | (informal) | You bet! | |
| Je veux bien le croire | I can well believe it | ||
| le croira qui voudra | believe it or not | ||
| On croirait… | It looks/sounds/seems like, You’d think it was… | ||
| On croit rêver ! | (informal) | I can hardly believe it! | |
| On l’a cru mort | He was believed to be dead. | ||
| Où vous croyez-vous ? | Where do you think you are? | ||
| Si vous m’en croyez | If you want my opinion | ||
| Tu crois ? | Think so? | ||
| Tu crois pas ? | (informal) | Don’t think so? | |
| Tu ne crois pas si bien dire ! | You don’t know how right you are! | ||
| Tu ne peux pas croire … | You can’t begin to imagine … | ||
| Veuillez croire à … | (formal) | Yours sincerely (business letter formula) | |
| Voir, c’est croire. | Seeing is believing. | ||
| Vous pouvez m’en croire | Take it from me | ||
| se croire | to think/believe oneself (to be), to feel as if | ||
| se croire tout permis | to think one can get away with anything | ||
| Il s’y croit | (informal) | He thinks he’s really something. | |
| Qu’est-ce qu’il se croit ? | Who does he think he is? | ||
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