revaloir

to repay (a favour)

verb ruh-val-WAHR Rare

Usage Note

Revaloir is almost exclusively used in the phrase je te/vous le revaudrai — 'I'll make it up to you / I owe you one.' It is highly irregular, conjugated like valoir, and rarely appears outside this fixed expression. Learners should treat it as a frozen formula rather than a fully productive verb.

Examples

"Je te revaudrai ça, promis."

Natural Translation

I'll make it up to you, I promise.

Literal Translation

I will repay you that, promised.

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