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válido

Spanish, adjective

válido is spelled V-Á-L-I-D-O (6 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 8,098th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Válido is a Spanish adjective meaning “valid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, valido is a different word: “a valued, favored, trusted or believed person”. With an accent, validó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of validar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que vale o tiene validez bajo cierta norma o dentro de cierto código (legal, normativo, etc.)”.

What does válido mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    valid

adjective

as valido
  1. 1

    valued; favored; believed

noun

as valido
  1. 1

    masculinea valued, favored, trusted or believed person

verb

as valido
  1. 1

    past participle of valer

verb

as valido
  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of validar

verb

as validó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of validar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que goza de la estimación o aprecio de la sociedad en general. 2. Que goza de la confianza de un personaje con poder, quien le delega funciones importantes.

verb: 1. Participio de valer.

adjective: 1. Que vale o tiene validez bajo cierta norma o dentro de cierto código (legal, normativo, etc.). 2. Que tiene lógica o sentido y se podría aceptar. 3. Se dice de alguien que puede valerse de manera independiente. 4. Que tiene valor, coraje, fuerza o valentía.

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 válido

  • válida feminine
  • válidos masculine plural
  • válidas feminine plural
  • valida feminine
  • validos masculine plural
  • validas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to válido

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is válido in Spanish?

válido appears 8.5 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).

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