valente

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese valente, borrowed from Latin valentem, accusative of valēns (“strong”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baˈlente/ [baˈlen̪.t̪ɪ], /baˈlɛnte/ [baˈlɛn̪.t̪ɪ] Rhymes: -ente, -ɛnte Hyphenation: va‧len‧te === Adjective === valente m or f (plural valentes) valiant, courageous (archaic) strong Synonym: forte (archaic) worthy Synonym: digno ==== Related terms ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “valente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “valente”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “valente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “valente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “valente”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Italian == === Alternative forms === valentre (archaic) === Etymology === From Latin valentem (“strong”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vaˈlɛn.te/ Rhymes: -ɛnte Hyphenation: va‧lèn‧te === Participle === valente m or f by sense (plural valenti) present participle of valere === Adjective === valente m or f by sense (plural valenti, superlative valentissimo) able, talented (archaic) valiant, brave (archaic) wise; virtuous (inorganic chemistry, in combination) valent (having a specified valency) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== valere valenza valore === Anagrams === Levante, levante, velante == Latin == === Participle === valente ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of valēns == Old Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin valentem. === Participle === valente having strength, power ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: valiente, Valente == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese valente, from Latin valentem (“strong”), from valeō (“to be strong”). By surface analysis, valer +‎ -ente. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ẽtɨ 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 ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “valente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “valente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026