valere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin valēre, present active infinitive of valeō, from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈle.re/
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: va‧lé‧re

Verb

valére (first-person singular present vàlgo, first-person singular past historic vàlsi, past participle vàlso, first-person singular future varrò, auxiliary essere or (transitive) avere)

1. (intransitive) to be worth [auxiliary essere]
2. (intransitive) to be valid; to apply; to count [auxiliary essere]

   quella regola non vale qui

   that rule does not apply here

3. (intransitive) to translate to/as; to mean [auxiliary essere]

   in inglese "dog" vale "cane"

   in English, "dog" means "dog"

4. (intransitive) (with a + inf.) to be enough; to suffice [auxiliary essere]

   i nostri sforzi non valsero ad approvare la legge

   our efforts did not suffice to pass the law

5. (transitive, literary) to obtain or earn (a positive result)

   le sue parole gli valsero un grande plauso

   his words earned him great praise

6. (transitive, archaic) to merit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of valere

infinitive	valere
auxiliary verb		essere, avere	gerund		valendo
present participle		valente	past participle		valso
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	valgo	vali	vale	valiamo	valete	valgono
imperfect	valevo	valevi	valeva	valevamo	valevate	valevano
past historic	valsi	valesti	valse	valemmo	valeste	valsero
future	varrò	varrai	varrà	varremo	varrete	varranno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	varrei	varresti	varrebbe	varremmo	varreste	varrebbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	valga	valga	valga	valiamo	valiate	valgano
imperfect	valessi	valessi	valesse	valessimo	valeste	valessero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		vali, non valere	valga	valiamo	valete	valgano

Related terms

Related terms

• vaglia
• valente
• valenza
• valersi

• valido
• valore
• valsente
• valuta

Anagrams

• averle, levare, leverà, velare, velerà

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Latin

Verb

valēre

1. inflection of valeō:
   1. present active infinitive
   2. second-person singular present passive imperative