[bəˈlɛ], [vəˈlə], [vaˈleɾ]
OrigenInherited from Old Catalan valer, from Latin valēre, from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”).
- to be worth
“Soc conscient que li he robat l’article, però la consciència humana no val res al costat de la intel·ligència.” — I'm aware that I have stolen the article from him, but human consciousness is worth nothing compared to intelligence.
- intransitiveto be useful
Formesvalc(first-person, present, singular) · valguí(first-person, preterite, singular) · valgut(participle, past) · valer(infinitive) · valent(gerund) · valgut(masculine, participle, past, singular) · valguda(feminine, participle, past, singular) · valguts(masculine, participle, past, plural) · valgudes(feminine, participle, past, plural) · valc(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · vals(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · val(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · valem(first-person, indicative, plural, present) · valeu(indicative, plural, present, second-person) · valen(indicative, plural, present, third-person) · valia(first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · valies(imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · valia(imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · valíem(first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · valíeu(imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person)