"Credi in te stesso."

Translation: You believe in yourself.

[JenniferAron]

Can this Italian sentence also be used in the imperative ("Believe in yourself!)?

[gibbett]

Assolutamente

[LindseyRuth]

Why does 'stesso' mean 'self' here ??

[aanaaaa]

te stesso = yourself
stesso= same
adesso = now

[maviportakal]

Does "stesso" change for the gender of the self, or is it a set phrase? I mean, as a female, would I use a gender-specific "Credo in me stessa" or would I use "Credo in me stesso" because it is a set phrase?

[mangoHero1]

Yes, you can say stessa (and stesse, plurale) to indicate feminine.

[Tallman69]

Actually my question is similar to @ale901809.
Could you say the same with, "Ti credi."? It's my understanding that if the pronoun matches the verb conjugation, it makes the pronoun reflexive.
Mi credo = I believe in myself. Ah, wait. I see. It would be, I believe myself.
So, "Ti credi" would mean You believe yourself. Need the proposition. Got it. Nevermind. LOL

[Aleema-Imran]

Thanks a lot for writing this. It answered the questions I had =) Plus I think this comment shows how a question may answer itself...Oh btw, can I say this as: "una domanda può rispondere la stessa" or will it be wrong?

[Jackie.Bowers]

Stesso hear means "self"?

[thanatos43]

In this kind of sentences, yes.

[I-AM-THE-STAR]

I think you had a typo,It's not hear,it's here!

[ale901809]

Does "credi in te" give the same meaning?

[mamorim1]

That's exactly what it means, isn't it?

[lfciao23374]

Being a native english speaker i like to think or the phase "te stesso" as being te = you and then stesso = same so its kind of like same you which roughly translated to yourself

[MariaIramendy]

Ins't credi an imperative?

[CharlesPit19]

I wonder why 'you trust in yourself' isn't acceptable.

[Steffi-1970]

I also thought so... Wrote: "Trust yourself" (because Duo hinted CREDI IN=TRUST), but I lost a heart... Why?!?

[Erated8]

Could the "Stesso" be dropped, Or would that sound weird like saying "You believe in you." in English?

[LindaNordin]

the slow italian voice says: CREDE in te stesso