valer un Potosí

Spanish

Etymology

Literally "to be worth a Potosí", referring to a town in modern-day Bolivia which gained large amounts of wealth from silver mining as a colony of Spain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˌleɾ um potoˈsi/ [baˌleɾ ũm po.t̪oˈsi]
  • Syllabification: va‧ler un Po‧to‧sí

Verb

valer un Potosí (first-person singular present valgo un Potosí, first-person singular preterite valí un Potosí, past participle valido un Potosí)

  1. (idiomatic) to be of enormous value
    —Un burro que es una prenda e gala y que vale un Potosí...; un burro más grande que un cerro y con una sangre que es pórvora y sabiendo más que un catedrático. ¡Como que na más que por mirarlo se debiera pagar contribución!
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