valer
Sentences
La seva acció li va valer acusacions de jansenisme.
His action earned him accusations of Jansenism.
Meaning
- to be worth
- (intransitive) to be useful
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[bəˈlɛ]
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Catalan valer, from Latin valēre, from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”).
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