vale
Spanish, noun
vale is spelled V-A-L-E (4 letters) and appears 138 times per million words in written Spanish, the 625th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vale is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “a voucher; an IOU” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of valer. With an accent, valé is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of valer”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Documento de pago o sustitución de algo”.
What does vale mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea voucher; an IOU
vale de comida
interjection
- 1
Spainokay
interjection
- 1
goodbye, be well
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of valer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Documento de pago o sustitución de algo.
interjection: 1. Interjección de asentimiento o agradecimiento. 2. Muletilla muy usada en el habla coloquial.
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 vale
- vales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to vale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vale in Spanish?
vale appears 138 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).