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Etymology
Compare French en valoir la peine.
Verb
valer la pena (first-person singular present valc la pena, first-person singular preterite valguí la pena, past participle valgut la pena)
- 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
Etymology
Compare French en valoir la peine.
Verb
valer la pena (first-person singular present valgo la pena, first-person singular preterite valí la pena, past participle valido la pena)
- (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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