Valer Conjugation: all tenses with charts
valer — to be worth
Present tense
valgo, vales, vale, valemos, valéis, valen
Participle valido · gerund valiendo
valer — present
presente · What is true now, what happens regularly, and settled plans.
| yo | valgo |
| tú | vales |
| él / ella / usted | vale |
| nosotros | valemos |
| vosotros | valéis |
| ellos / ustedes | valen |
valer — preterite
pretérito indefinido · A finished event that moves the story forward.
| yo | valí |
| tú | valiste |
| él / ella / usted | valió |
| nosotros | valimos |
| vosotros | valisteis |
| ellos / ustedes | valieron |
valer — imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · Habits, background and description in the past.
| yo | valía |
| tú | valías |
| él / ella / usted | valía |
| nosotros | valíamos |
| vosotros | valíais |
| ellos / ustedes | valían |
valer — future
futuro simple · What will happen — and guesses about what is happening now.
| yo | valdré |
| tú | valdrás |
| él / ella / usted | valdrá |
| nosotros | valdremos |
| vosotros | valdréis |
| ellos / ustedes | valdrán |
valer — conditional
condicional simple · Would: polite requests and unreal situations.
| yo | valdría |
| tú | valdrías |
| él / ella / usted | valdría |
| nosotros | valdríamos |
| vosotros | valdríais |
| ellos / ustedes | valdrían |
valer — present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · After wish, doubt, emotion and necessity.
| yo | valga |
| tú | valgas |
| él / ella / usted | valga |
| nosotros | valgamos |
| vosotros | valgáis |
| ellos / ustedes | valgan |
valer — imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · Past-tense triggers and si clauses about the unreal.
| yo | valiera |
| tú | valieras |
| él / ella / usted | valiera |
| nosotros | valiéramos |
| vosotros | valierais |
| ellos / ustedes | valieran |
The -se forms mean exactly the same: valiese, valieses, valiese…
valer — commands
imperativo · the negative forms come from the subjunctive, which is why they never match the affirmative ones.
| Person | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| tú | vale | no valgas |
| él / ella / usted | valga | no valga |
| nosotros | valgamos | no valgamos |
| vosotros | valed | no valgáis |
| ellos / ustedes | valgan | no valgan |
valer — compound tenses
All of them are haber plus the participle valido — learn haber once and every compound tense comes free.
| Present perfect | he valido |
| Past perfect | había valido |
| Future perfect | habré valido |
| Conditional perfect | habría valido |
| Present perfect subjunctive | haya valido |
| Pluperfect subjunctive | hubiera valido |
Conjugate it yourself
Type the form — these are the cells people get wrong most often.
valer — yo · present
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