valer
Portuguese, verb/vaˈle(ʁ)/
valer is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be worth, valid or acceptable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “significar”.
What does valer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be worth, valid or acceptable
Quanto é que isto vale?
- 2
to show bravery
- 3
to make use
Ele se valeu de mentiras para ganhar esse prêmio.
- 4
to earn, to draw
O ator valeu um prémio pelo seu desempenho.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. significar 2. amparar 3. ter valor 4. ter aplicação ou mérito
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 valer
- valho first-person present singular
- vali first-person preterite singular
- valido participle past
- valeres infinitive second-person singular
- valermos first-person infinitive plural
- valerdes infinitive plural second-person
- valerem infinitive plural third-person
- valendo gerund
- validos masculine participle past
- valida feminine participle past
- validas feminine participle past
- vales indicative present second-person
- vale indicative present singular
- valemos first-person indicative plural
- valeis indicative plural present
- valem indicative plural present
- valia first-person imperfect indicative
- valias imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce valer?
- Brazil /vaˈle(ʁ)/
- Brazil [vaˈle(h)]
- /vaˈle(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to valer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is valer in Portuguese?
valer appears 19 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).