valer madre

Spanish

Alternative forms

• valer madres

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˌleɾ ˈmadɾe/ [baˌleɾ ˈma.ð̞ɾe]
• Syllabification: va‧ler ma‧dre

Verb

valer madre (first-person singular present valgo madre, first-person singular preterite valí madre, past participle valido madre)

1. (at least Mexico, colloquial, idiomatic) to be worthless, to be not worth a damn

   Synonym: valer verga

2. (at least Mexico, colloquial, idiomatic) be fucked (broken or in trouble)

   Synonyms: valer verga, valer

   Valimos madre. ― We're fucked.

Related terms

• me vale
• me vale madre

Further reading

• “valer algo o alguien madre, o madres”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025