verse
Spanish, verb
verse is spelled V-E-R-S-E (5 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of ver combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, versé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of versar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Percibir con los ojos o la vista la imagen de uno mismo”.
What does verse mean in English?
verb
- 1
infinitive of ver combined with se
- 2
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 3
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of versar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Percibir con los ojos o la vista la imagen de uno mismo. 2. Percibirse o considerarse en cierto estado o situación. 3. Estar en un lugar o situación desde donde otros lo ven a uno; generar cierta percepción o respuesta por parte de otros; tener cierta apariencia. 4. Enfrentar o avistar a alguien con el propósito de reñir, regañar o reprenderle.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of verse
- haberse visto impersonal infinitive
- viéndose impersonal gerund
- habiéndose visto impersonal gerund
- visto impersonal participle
- me veo first-person singular indicative
- te ves second-person singular indicative
- se ve third-person singular indicative
- nos vemos first-person plural indicative
- os veis second-person plural indicative
- se ven third-person plural indicative
- me veía first-person singular indicative
- te veías second-person singular indicative
- se veía third-person singular indicative
- nos veíamos first-person plural indicative
- os veíais second-person plural indicative
- se veían third-person plural indicative
- me vi first-person singular indicative
- te viste second-person singular indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verse in Spanish?
verse appears 23 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).