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lui valeva

was worth, mattered, counted

→ valere
val to be worth + eva he/she/it imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #30,200
was worth
IT: Il viaggio valeva la spesa.
EN: The trip was worth the expense.
mattered, counted
IT: La sua opinione valeva molto per me.
EN: His opinion mattered a lot to me.
Conjugation of valere
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third valeva —

Ma a quel punto, amico per me valeva tutto.

But at that point, man, it was worth everything to me.

— Tropa de elite - Gli squadroni della morte (2007)

Non valeva l'attesa.

It wasn't worth the wait.

Per mia fortuna, David non la pagava neanche lontanamente quanto valeva.

Luckily for me, David wasn’t paying anywhere near what it was worth.

Valeva qualcosa?

Was it worth anything?

In ogni caso, non valeva la vita di un uomo.

In any case, it wasn't worth a man's life.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Era una sorellastra e non valeva molto neanche come metà.

She was a half-sister and not much of a half-sister either.

— Léon (1994)

Valeva proprio la pena di lasciare le Cham per questo?

Was it really worth leaving the Cham for this?

— Perfect Blue (1998)

Ne valeva davvero la pena?

Was it really worth it?

Ma ho realizzato che non ne valeva ancora la pena di morire.

But I realized it wasn't worth dying for yet.

— La Forma della Voce (2016)