what is the translation for beleive in latin?

Question

I mean this in the sense of, beleiving in yourself etc.Thankyou for any answers. x

i was told the translation was credo and my freind recently had this tatooed, im wary of the different versions of this translation, it seems credo represents religious faith, just to be sure, which is the best general meaning for this word, thanyou all very much for your help!, xx

Answer 1

Credere is a good general Latin word for 'believe', but the word 'confidere' seems to better fit what you want.

Confidere: have confidence in, rely on, trust (to); believe, be confident/assured.

Both those are the infinitives - they mean 'to believe' . If you want to use the word any other way, the ending of the word must be changed - and there are dozens of ways that may be done.

ADDED: To the answerers 1 & 2: The pincipal parts of 'credere' are:

credo, credere, credidi, creditus

The pricipal parts of 'accredere', an entirely separate verb, are:

accredo, accredere, accredidi, accreditus

ADDED #2: Many times it's hard to make a one-for-one translation to Latin (or Latin to English), the verbs especially. Latin verbs often may be translated with several English verbs - the full context of the conversation or writing would tell you which to use. With a single word, you don't have that. Here's a dictionary entry for 'credo', form 'credere'

cred.o
trust, entrust; commit/consign; believe, trust in, rely on, confide; suppose;
lend (money) to, make loans/give credit; believe/think/accept as true/be sure;

Here's 'confido', from 'confidere'
confid.o
have confidence in, rely on, trust (to); believe, be confident/assured; be sure

Your choice.

Answer 2

Accredo, Credere, Credidi, Creditum, from which the terms Creed and Credit come from.

Answer 3

I expect you mean believe. The Latin "credo" means "I believe"

Answer 4

Accredo,
Credere,
Credidi,
Creditum

incredibilis = not to believe