"Verso suelto"

Question

Would you translate "verso suelto" as blank verse? And that implying something without content? The expression was used to characterize the Republican candidate Ron Paul.

more context would be helpful, maybe you have the sentence? but yes, verso suelto is like free verse or blank verse in poetry - unMica, Jan 11, 2012

There is no context,only a list of the candidates with a two or three words after each name."Verso suelto"was after RonPaul's name. - faliron, Jan 11, 2012

Answer 1

Hi:

La palabra verso refers to a line in a poem (a verse).

And la palabra suelto, in this context, would mean "single" or "isolated" or alone, or out of its poem.

So un verso suelto, would be "single issues", or a line out of context.

Hope it helps you. If not, send more context.

Good answer, Carhl!! - territurtle, Jan 11, 2012

Very good,makes sence.Thank you. - faliron, Jan 11, 2012

Answer 2

Well "verso suelto" (poetry) doesn't rhyme...

Perhaps they are saying that he isn't like the rest of the politicians...

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I found this too --

Ron Paul parece ser actualmente una de las muy pocas personas lúcidas e integras en el panorama político, tanto en Estados Unidos como en la Unión Europa. Por eso es "un verso suelto".

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Soy como un verso suelto sin rima, sin par.

"I am like Blank Verse without rhyme, without an equal"

very good idea too - 00494d19, Jan 11, 2012

Thanks =) - NikkiLR, Jan 11, 2012

Answer 3

Hey, I just found this line from a newspaper, I think this is definitely it

Después de una temporada en la que el flamante alcalde se atuvo a la disciplina del partido, parece que ahora vuelve a ir por libre, a ser un verso suelto, según propia definición.

that is---he does his own thing, he does not abide by the discipline of a party.

Interesting use

That too!He was threatened that if he leaves the party and runs on the Libertarian ticket,there will be repercussions on his son ,a senator from Kansas! - faliron, Jan 11, 2012

Answer 4

I wouldn't. Suelto is defined as loose, odd, or what I think this is, Diarrhhea. Like in loose bowels. I think they are saying he has diarrhea of the mouth.

Just a guess.

Okay, thanks for the context given in your subsequent post. Based on that I think they are saying he is wild card or something like that.

Wild card !! I like that. - faliron, Jan 11, 2012

Answer 5

Los candidatos en las primarias del Partido Republicano

* Rick Perry, una campaña a trompicones

* Michele Bachmann, ultraconservadora y evangélica

* Newt Gingrich, el regreso de un veterano

* Rick Santorum, un conservador de verdad

* Ron Paul, un verso suelto

* Jon Huntsman, el candidato llegado de China

* Mitt Romney, el candidato perfecto