valedero

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *walēō

Latin valēre

Old Spanish valer

Spanish valer

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -tōrius

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Latin -tōrius

Latin -tōrium

Spanish -dero

Spanish valedero

From valer + -dero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baleˈdeɾo/ [ba.leˈð̞e.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: va‧le‧de‧ro

Adjective

valedero (feminine valedera, masculine plural valederos, feminine plural valederas)

1. valid (well grounded or justifiable, pertinent)

Related terms

• válido
• valor

Further reading

• “valedero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025