🇪🇸 Spanish

versos

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

los versos

verses

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versos
/los ˈbeɾsos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say versos in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈbeɾsos/

How do you pronounce versos in Spanish?

versos is pronounced /los ˈbeɾsos/ 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?

Versos 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 verses?

The Spanish word for verses is los versos — masculine.

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