valí

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vali"

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈli/ [baˈli]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: va‧lí

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Arabic وَالٍ (wālin), probably via Turkish vali.

Noun

valí m (plural valís or valíes)

1. wali (governor in an Islamic country)

Derived terms

• valiato

 

Etymology 2

Verb

valí

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of valer

Further reading

• “valí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014