verse

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈvɜːrs/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/vɝs/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(vûrs)

Inflections of 'verse' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
verses
v 3rd person singular
versing
v pres p
versed
v past
versed
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
verse n (poetry, rhyme)verso nm
  poesía nf
  (canción)letra nf
 Have you ever tried to write a letter in verse?
 ¿Alguna vez has intentado escribir una carta en verso?
verse n (poem)verso nm
  poema nm
 In school we memorized some verses by Hilaire Belloc.
 En la escuela memorizamos algunos versos de Hilaire Belloc.
verse n (stanza)estrofa nf
 The second verse to the national anthem is rarely sung.
 Raramente se canta la segunda estrofa del himno nacional.
verse n (division of Bible text) (Biblia)versículo nm
 She constantly quotes verses from the Bible to prove her point.
 Constantemente cita versículos de la Biblia para demostrar sus argumentos.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
blank verse n (poetry lacking rhyme)verso libre loc nom m
chapter and verse n (authority or exact reference)con todo detalle loc adv
  palabra por palabra loc adv
  (coloquial)con pelos y señales loc adv
free verse n (poetry format)verso libre loc nom m
 Walt Whitman wrote free verse in the 19th century.
 Walt Whitman escribió en verso libre en el siglo XIX.
give [sb] chapter and verse on [sth] v expr figurative (tell [sb] [sth] in detail)contar con lujo de detalles loc verb
quote chapter and verse v expr (cite [sth] word for word)citar textualmente loc verb
  citar palabra por palabra loc verb
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'verse' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
canto - common measure - decasyllable - elegiac stanza - hemistich - hexameter - ictus - narrative poetry - octave - poem - poetic works - prose - psalm - quatrain - Sapphic - scan - stanza - stave - stich - strophe - triplet - vers libre - villanelle
Spanish:
estrofa - trova - versículo - verso - rima - bordón - con pelos y señales - copla - encadenado - pentasílabo - rima asonante - rima consonante - ripio - tetrástrofo monorrimo - versículo bíblico - versificar - verso alejandrino - verso anapéstico - verso blanco - verso coriámbico - verso dactílico - verso de arte mayor - verso de arte menor - verso libre - verso suelto - verso trocaico - verso yámbico


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