valer

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to be worth, valid or acceptable
  2. (reflexive) to show bravery
  3. (pronominal) to make use
  4. (transitive) to earn, to draw

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
va‧ler
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vaˈle(ʁ)/
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese valer, from Latin valēre, from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”).

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