valer a pena
Portuguese, verb/vaˈle(ɾ) a ˈpẽ.nɐ/
valer a pena is a Portuguese verb meaning “to be worthwhile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does valer a pena mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be worthwhile
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. ser compensatório em relação ao ônus que se tem de despender para obter e/ou usufruir
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 a pena
- valho a pena first-person present singular
- vali a pena first-person preterite singular
- valido a pena participle past
- valeres a pena infinitive second-person singular
- valermos a pena first-person infinitive plural
- valerdes a pena infinitive plural second-person
- valerem a pena infinitive plural third-person
- valendo a pena gerund
- validos a pena masculine participle past
- valida a pena feminine participle past
- validas a pena feminine participle past
- vales a pena indicative present second-person
- vale a pena indicative present singular
- valemos a pena first-person indicative plural
- valeis a pena indicative plural present
- valem a pena indicative plural present
- valia a pena first-person imperfect indicative
- valias a pena 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 a pena?
- Brazil /vaˈle(ɾ) a ˈpẽ.nɐ/
- Portugal /vɐˈleɾ ɐ ˈpe.nɐ/
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 a pena
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.