valer la pena

Catalan

Etymology

Compare French en valoir la peine.

Verb

valer la pena (first-person singular present valc la pena, first-person singular preterite valguí la pena, past participle valgut la pena)

1. to be worth the effort

   Ens sembla que val la pena de transcriure un d'aquests textos.

   It seemed to be worth the effort to transcribe one of these texts.

Spanish

Etymology

Compare French en valoir la peine.

Verb

valer la pena (first-person singular present valgo la pena, first-person singular preterite valí la pena, past participle valido la pena)

1. (idiomatic) to be worth the effort, to pay off

   Vale la pena intentarlo. ― It's worth a shot.

   No vale la pena. ― It's not worth it.

Further reading

• “valer la pena algo o alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014