vale
Portuguese, noun/ˈva.li/
vale is spelled V-A-L-E (4 letters) and appears 170 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 565th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vale is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “valley” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of valer. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planície entre duas montanhas ou colinas”.
What does vale mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevalley
noun
- 1
masculinevoucher, coupon
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planície entre duas montanhas ou colinas 2. documento usado para pagamento ao invés de dinheiro
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vale
- vales plural
- val alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vale?
- Brazil /ˈva.li/
- Portugal /ˈva.lɨ/
- Portugal /ˈba.lɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vale in Portuguese?
vale appears 170 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).