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valere

be worth

verb vah-LEH-reh Less Common
Numbers & Measures Money

Also means

count

Usage Note

Valere is irregular (io valgo, vale) and underpins key idioms: vale la pena ('it's worth it'), non vale! (a child's cry of 'that's not fair!'), and far valere i propri diritti ('to assert one's rights').

Examples

"Questo quadro vale molto."

Natural Translation

This painting is worth a lot.

Literal Translation

This painting is-worth much.

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