valoir
Meanings
Verb
1. to be worth (transitive)
2. to earn, to win, to bring (something of value, ironic usage notwithstanding) (transitive)
3. to be equal to (transitive, mathematics)
4. to be the same, to have no difference between (reflexive)
Examples498
Selon leur mère, une femme vaut deux hommes.
According to their mother, a woman is worth two men.
Qu'est-ce qui nous vaut la visite indési—euh, inopinée ?
To what do we owe this unwant— erm, unexpected visit?
Ça ne me dit rien qui vaille.
I don't like the look of it.
Il n'y a rien qui vaille.
Nothing makes sense.
Ça ne me dit rien qui vaille.
It doesn't seem good to me, it doesn't exactly fill me with confidence, I don't like the look of it, I don't have a good feeling about it.
Ma vie ne valait rien.
My life was worthless.