valí
Spanish, noun/baˈli/
valí is spelled V-A-L-Í (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 76,156th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Valí is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “wali (governor in an Islamic country)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular preterite indicative of valer. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Gobernador de una provincia de un Estado musulmán”.
What does valí mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewali (governor in an Islamic country)
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of valer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gobernador de una provincia de un Estado musulmán.
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 valí
- valíes plural
- valís plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce valí?
- /baˈli/
- [baˈli]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to valí
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is valí in Spanish?
valí appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).