valer la pena

Compare French en valoir la peine.

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valer la pena (first-person singular present valc la pena, first-person singular preterite valguí la pena, past participle valgut la pena)

1. 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.

Compare French en valoir la peine.

• IPA^(key): /baˌleɾ la ˈpena/ [baˌleɾ la ˈpe.na]
• Syllabification: va‧ler la pe‧na

valer la pena (first-person singular present valgo la pena, first-person singular preterite valí la pena, past participle valido la pena)

1. (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.

   • 2025 November 3, Hugo Maguey, “Uzbekistán: el corazón del mundo vuelve a latir [Uzbekistan: the heart of the world beats again]”, in El Sol de México‎^[1]:

     Su corazón vuelve a latir, con la esperanza de convertirse pronto en una atracción que valga la pena el viaje.

     Its heart is beating again, with the hope of soon becoming an attraction that is worth the trip.

• “valer la pena algo o alguien”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025