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valer la pena

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Compare French en valoir la peine.

Verb

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valer la pena (first-person singular present valc la pena, first-person singular preterite valguí la pena, past participle valgut la pena)

  1. to be worth the effort
    Ens sembla que val la pena de transcriure un d'aquests textos.
    It seemed to be worth the effort to transcribe one of these texts.

Spanish

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Etymology

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Compare French en valoir la peine.

Verb

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valer la pena (first-person singular present valgo la pena, first-person singular preterite valí la pena, past participle valido la pena)

  1. (idiomatic) to be worth the effort, to pay off
    Vale la pena intentarlo.It's worth a shot.
    No vale la pena.It's not worth it.

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