Él is the subject pronoun for the third person singular in masculine form whose translation in English is <em>he. </em>On the other hand, cree is the conjugation of the verb creer that matches the third person singularin the simple present tense. This tense is one of two simple past tenses. It is used to describe actions that took place or were completed at a certain point in the past. So <em>Él cree en las leyendas</em> means <em>He believes in legends.</em>
