valete

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈle.te/
• Rhymes: -ete
• Hyphenation: va‧lé‧te

Verb

valete

1. inflection of valere:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Anagrams

• levate, velate

Latin

Etymology

From the verb valeō (“I am well, healthy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯aˈleː.te/, [u̯äˈɫ̪eːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /vaˈle.te/, [väˈlɛːt̪e]

Interjection

valēte

1. goodbye, farewell

Usage notes

• This is the plural form. When addressing an individual, valē is used.

Verb

valēte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of valeō

References

• valete in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

valete

Etymology

Borrowed from French valet (“jack”), from Vulgar Latin *vassellittus, diminutive of Late Latin vassus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈlɛ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈlɛ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vaˈlɛ.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vaˈlɛ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vaˈlɛ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /baˈlɛ.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ
• Hyphenation: va‧le‧te

Noun

valete m (plural valetes)

1. (card games) jack

Derived terms

• valete de copas

See also

Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
ás	dois, duque	três, terno	quatro, quadra	cinco, quina	seis, sena	sete, bisca, manilha
oito	nove	dez	valete	dama	rei	jóquer, curinga

Spanish

Verb

valete

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of valer combined with te