valido

See also: válido, validó, and validò

Classical Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish válido.

Noun

valido

1. Valid; believed; trusted.
   • 17C: Annals of Cuauhtitlan, 12:53–55

     quitoa yn tetzcoca oncanin yn mic vemac yni tollan huallehuac ynin tlatolli amo valido ica omito yn ineltilizyo ytolloca

     (The Tetzoca say that Huemac, the one who fled Tollan, died at this time. That story is not valid, according to what was said—the narrative about it, the truth about it.)

References

• Bierhorst, John (1992), Codex Chimalpopoca: The Text in Nahuatl with a Glossary and Grammatical Notes, Tucson & London: The University of Arizona Press, page 19
• Bierhorst, John (1992), History and Mythology of the Aztecs: The Codex Chimalpopoca, Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, page 46

Galician

Participle

valido (feminine valida, masculine plural validos, feminine plural validas)

1. past participle of valer

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin validus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.li.do/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alido
• Hyphenation: và‧li‧do

Adjective

valido (feminine valida, masculine plural validi, feminine plural valide, superlative validissimo)

1. valid, effective, good, substantial, sound, strong

   Synonyms: buono, efficace, fondato, forte, valevole

   Antonym: invalido

Related terms

• convalidare
• valere
• validamente
• validare
• validità

Etymology 2

Verb

valido

1. first-person singular present indicative of validare

Further reading

• valido in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Davoli, dilavo, dilavò, lodavi

Latin

Adjective

validō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of validus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈli.du/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈli.du/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈli.do/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈli.du/ [vɐˈli.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈli.du/ [vɐˈli.ðu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈli.du/ [bɐˈli.ðu]

• Hyphenation: va‧li‧do

Etymology 1

Adjective

valido (feminine valida, masculine plural validos, feminine plural validas)

1. valued; favored; believed

   Ele é o mais valido do rei.

   He is the king’s most valued.

Noun

valido m (plural validos)

1. favourite

   Synonym: favorito

   O valido do rei.

   The king's favorite.

Related terms

• válido

Participle

valido (feminine valida, masculine plural validos, feminine plural validas)

1. past participle of valer

Etymology 2

Verb

valido

1. first-person singular present indicative of validar

Further reading

• “valido”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “valido”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• valido on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈlido/ [baˈli.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ido
• Syllabification: va‧li‧do

Etymology 1

Adjective

valido (feminine valida, masculine plural validos, feminine plural validas)

1. valued; favored; believed

Noun

valido m (plural validos)

1. a valued, favored, trusted or believed person

Related terms

• válido

Participle

valido (feminine valida, masculine plural validos, feminine plural validas)

1. past participle of valer

Etymology 2

Verb

valido

1. first-person singular present indicative of validar

Further reading

• “valido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024