Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese creença, from Late Latin crēdentia, from Latin crēdēns. By surface analysis, crer +‎ -ença. Doublet of credência and credença.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: cren‧ça

Noun edit

crença f (plural crenças)

  1. belief
  2. credence

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:crença.

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • crença” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913