val
Spanish, noun/ˈbal/
val is spelled V-A-L (3 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 11,921st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Val is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “apocopic form of valle: valley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sinclinal de un pliegue del relieve jurásico”.
What does val mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineapocopic form of valle: valley
verb
- 1
apocopic form of vale: is worth
mi casa y mi hogar cien doblas val. (val rhymes with hogar, assonant rhyme)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sinclinal de un pliegue del relieve jurásico.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of val
- valles plural
- vales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce val?
- /ˈbal/
- [ˈbal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is val in Spanish?
val appears 5.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).