🇪🇸 Spanish

verso

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

el verso

verse

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verso
/el ˈbeɾso/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say verso in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈbeɾso/

How do you pronounce verso in Spanish?

verso is pronounced /el ˈbeɾso/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El verso clásico que escribió el poeta es muy hermoso y reconocido en toda España.

The classical verse that the poet wrote is very beautiful and recognized throughout Spain.

Este verso alejandrino es perfecto para el poema épico que estamos estudiando.

This Alexandrine verse is perfect for the epic poem that we are studying.

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Why is it masculine?

Verso is masculine in Spanish because it derives from the Latin "versus" (masculine noun meaning "turned" or "line of verse"), which retained its masculine gender through the regular sound changes from Latin to Spanish. The word's association with poetry and metric lines preserved the gender of its Latin ancestor.

What is the Spanish word for verse?

The Spanish word for verse is el verso — masculine.

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