valere la pena

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Italian

Etymology

Calque of French valoir la peine.

Pronunciation

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Verb

valére la pena (first-person singular present vàlgo la pena, first-person singular past historic vàlsi la pena, past participle vàlso la pena, first-person singular future varrò la pena, auxiliary èssere)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) (also with or ) to be worth it