/baˈleɾ/, [baˈleɾ]
OriginFrom Old Galician-Portuguese valer, a semi-learned borrowing from Latin valēre (“to be worth”).
- to be useful
- to be worth; to cost
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e se” — and if said house is worth more than the price you give for it, then I give you [the difference] in pure donation for the good deeds that we have received from you
- to fit
- to be valid
“Et mando et quero que esta seia a minna postrimeyra voontade et se esto non valer commo testamento mando que valla commo codiçillo ou commo outra escriptura publica qualquier” — I order and want that this be my last will, and if it is not valid as a testament, then I order that it serves as a codicil or as another whichever public deed
- to help, aid
“Deus nos valla!” — God helps us!
- pronominalto make use
Formsvallo(first-person, present, singular) · valín(first-person, preterite, singular) · valido(participle, past) · valer(impersonal, infinitive) · valer(first-person, infinitive, singular) · valeres(infinitive, second-person, singular) · valer(error-unrecognized-form, infinitive, personal, singular) · valermos(first-person, infinitive, plural) · valerdes(infinitive, plural, second-person) · valeren(error-unrecognized-form, infinitive, personal, plural) · valendo(gerund) · valido(error-unrecognized-form, masculine, participle, past, singular) · valido(first-person, masculine, participle, past, singular) · valido(masculine, participle, past, second-person, singular) · validos(error-unrecognized-form, masculine, participle, past, plural) · validos(first-person, masculine, participle, past, plural, second-person) · valida(error-unrecognized-form, feminine, participle, past, singular) · valida(feminine, first-person, participle, past, singular) · valida(feminine, participle, past, second-person, singular) · validas(error-unrecognized-form, feminine, participle, past, plural)