Questions & Answers about No creo eso.
Why is the verb creo here, and what is its dictionary form?
The dictionary form (infinitive) is creer (to believe), which is a regular -er verb. To say "I believe," you take off the -er ending and add -o, giving you creo.
Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
In Spanish, you can usually leave out the subject words (like yo for "I") because the ending of the verb already tells us who is doing the action. Since creo ends in -o, we automatically know it means "I believe." You could say Yo no creo eso, but it is more natural to just drop the pronoun and say No creo eso.
Why is there no Spanish word for the "do" in "I do not believe"?
Why use eso for "that" instead of ese or esa?
You use ese or esa when you are talking about a specific masculine or feminine object (like ese libro for "that book"). However, in this sentence "that" refers to a general idea, a situation, or a statement someone just made. For these abstract ideas that do not have a specific gender, you use the neutral word eso.
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