valente
See also: Valente
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese valente, borrowed from Latin valentem, accusative of valēns (“strong”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [baˈlentɪ], [baˈlɛntɪ]
Adjective
valente m or f (plural valentes)
- courageous, valiant
- (archaic) strong
- (archaic) worthy
Related terms
- valer
- valor
References
- “valente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “valente” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “valente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “valente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “valente” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Italian
Alternative forms
- valentre (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin valentem (“strong”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vaˈlɛn.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: va‧lèn‧te
Participle
valente (plural valenti)
- present participle of valere
Adjective
valente (plural valenti, superlative valentissimo)
- able, talented
- 1530, Pietro Bembo, “Libro terzo, Capitolo II”, in Gli asolani, published 1989:
- mossa dal chiaro grido che i tre giovani aveano di valenti e di scienziati, ne le prese talento di volere intendere quali stati fossero i loro ragionamenti
- Given the clear fame of the three young men as talented and men of science, she found herself wanting to know what their reasonings were.
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- (archaic) valiant, brave
- c. 1260s, Brunetto Latini, Il tesoretto [The Treasure], collected in Raccolta di rime antiche toscane: Volume primo, Palermo: Giuseppe Assenzio, published 1817, lines 1–5, page 9:
- Al valente Signore,
Di cui non so migliore
Sù la terra trovare- To the valiant lord, of which I can't find a better one on this earth
- early 14th century, Dante, “Canto IV”, in Purgatorio, lines 112–114:
- Allor si volse a noi e puose mente,
movendo ’l viso pur su per la coscia,
e disse: «Or va tu sù, che se’ valente!».- Then he turned round to us, and he gave heed, just lifting up his eyes above his thigh, and said: "Now go you up, for you are valiant."
- 1799, Vittorio Alfieri, “Avvenimenti”, in Misogallo [The French-Hater], London, page 21:
- Qualora un popolo, che geme oppresso sotto un’ingiusta, e non meritata tirannide, perviene ribellandosi a distruggere con la viva, e generosa forza la forza opprimente, egli è questo per certo un popolo appassionato, valente, apprezzabile, e meritevole di libertà.
- When a people, that moans oppressed under an unjust and undeserved tyranny, comes, by rebelling, to destroy the oppressing force with the living, generous force, it is certainly an ardent, brave, appreciable people, and deserving of freedom.
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- (archaic) wise; virtuous
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata seconda, Novella VIII [Second Day, Novel 8]”, in Decamerone [Decameron], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 58:
- se tu ti contenti di lasciare appresso di me questa tua figlioletta, percio che buono aspetto ha, io la prenderò volentieri, et se valente femmina sarà, io la mariterò a quel tempo, che convenevole sarà in maniera
- If you wish to leave this little girl of yours with me, since her appearance is good, I'll gladly take her, and, if she becomes a virtuous woman, I'll marry her when the time is right.
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- (inorganic chemistry, in combination) valent (having a specified valency)
Derived terms
Derived terms
- bivalente
- covalente
- esavalente
- monovalente
- pentavalente
- plurivalente
- polivalente
- tetravalente
- trivalente
- valentemente
- zerovalente
Related terms
- valere
- valenza
- valore
Anagrams
- Levante, levante, velante
Latin
Participle
valente
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of valēns
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese valente, from Latin valentem, accusative of valēns (“strong”), from valeō (“to be strong”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vaˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /vaˈlẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɐˈlẽ.t(ɨ)/
- Rhymes: -ẽtɨ, -ẽt͡ʃi
- Hyphenation: va‧len‧te
Adjective
valente m or f (plural valentes)
- valiant; courageous
- Synonyms: bravo, corajoso
- Antonyms: covarde, medroso
- (chemistry) valent (having valence)
Noun
valente m or f by sense (plural valentes)
- a valiant person
- Antonyms: covarde, medroso
Derived terms
- valentaço
- valentão
- valentear
- valentemente
- valentice
Related terms
- valência
- valer
- valor