valeo

Meaning

1. (conjugation-2) to be strong, to have strength, to have influence, to have power, to be powerful, to avail
2. (conjugation-2) to be well, healthy, sound
3. (conjugation-2) to be worth, to be of worth, to be worthy
4. (conjugation-2) to be effectual, be efficacious, be of effect, be good for
5. (conjugation-2) to be in force, in effect (said of laws)
6. (conjugation-2) to mean, signify (used of words or statements that have a certain force or power in meaning)
7. (Ecclesiastical, Latin, Medieval-Latin, conjugation-2) to be able; to prevail
8. (New-Latin, conjugation-2, rare) to leave; to go away

Concepts

have power

be effective

cost

be well

have strength

Opposite of

langueō, languēscō, ēlanguēscō, senēscō, iaceō, aegrōtō, cubō, officiō, nequeō

Synonyms

consto

Translations

couter

costar

kosten

κάνω

κοστίζω

στοιχίζω

τιμώμαι

coûter

fort

valoir

costare

kosten

costar

custar

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈwa.ɫe.oː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”).