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él valió

earned, got (someone), cost, was worth, was screwed

→ valer
val to be worth, to cost + ió 3rd-person singular preterite
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #49,190
earned, got (someone) Often used to say that an action or event brought someone a reward or consequence.
SP: Su esfuerzo le valió un ascenso.
EN: Her effort earned her a promotion.
cost, was worth
SP: ¿Cuánto valió este libro?
EN: How much did this book cost?
was screwed, was ruined In the vulgar Mexican expression “ya valió verga,” meaning that things have gone badly or are over.
SP: ¡Ya valió verga, perdimos las llaves!
EN: We're screwed—the keys are lost!
Conjugation of valer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third valió —

Ese acto le valió a Andy dos semanas en el hoyo.

That act earned Andy two weeks in the hole.

— Sueño de fuga (1994)

¿Cuánto valió?

How much was it?

— El Capitán (2018)

El descubrimiento le valió el Premio Nobel de Física.

The discovery earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Y luego valió verga.

And then it all went to shit.

— Ya no estoy aquí (2019)

¡Ya valió verga!

We're fucked!