# referir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin referre, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rə.fəˈɾi]
* IPA: (Valencia) [re.feˈɾiɾ]

### Verb

referir (first-person singular present refereixo, first-person singular preterite referí, past participle referit)
* to relate
* to refer
* to be about

#### Related terms

* referència
* referent

### Further reading

* “referir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “referir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “referir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “referir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin referre.

### Verb

referir (first-person singular present refiro, third-person singular present refire, first-person singular preterite referín, past participle referido) referir (first-person singular present refiro, third-person singular present refere, first-person singular preterite referim or referi, past participle referido, reintegrationist norm)
* to refer (to direct to a source for help or information)
    Synonyms: citar, referenciar
* to relate (to tell in a descriptive way)
    Synonyms: contar, dicir, narrar, relatar
* to refer (submit to an authority figure for consideration)
* to be about something; to have something as a subject
    Esta lei refírese aos crimes de fraude e extorsión.
       This law is about the crimes of fraud and racketeering.
* to refer (to allude to)
    Synonyms: aludir, mencionar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* referencia
* referenciar
* referenda
* referendado
* referendar
* referendo
* referente

### Further reading

* “referir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “referir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* refirir (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese referir, from Latin referō.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [he.feˈɾi(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [he.feˈɾi(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁe.feˈɾi(ɾ)/ [he.feˈɾi(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [χe.feˈɾi(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.feˈɾi(ɻ)/ [he.feˈɾi(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.fɨˈɾiɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.fɨˈɾiɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.fɨˈɾi.ɾi/
* Homophone: referi (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: re‧fe‧rir

### Verb

referir (first-person singular present refiro, third-person singular present refere, first-person singular preterite referi, past participle referido)
* to refer
** to direct to a source for help or information
    Synonyms: citar, referenciar
** submit to an authority figure for consideration
** to allude to
    Synonyms: aludir, mencionar
** (reflexive) to refer (to) (to make a reference to) [with a ‘something/someone’]
* to relate (to tell in a descriptive way)
    Synonyms: contar, dizer, narrar, relatar
* to be about something; to have something as a subject
    Synonym: dizer respeito a
    Esta lei refere-se aos crimes de fraude e extorsão.This law is about the crimes of fraud and racketeering.

#### Related terms

* referência
* referenciado
* referencial
* referencialidade
* referenciar
* referenda
* referendado
* referendar
* referendo
* referente
* referido
* referimento
* referível

## Spanish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin referō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /refeˈɾiɾ/ [re.feˈɾiɾ]
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: re‧fe‧rir

### Verb

referir (first-person singular present refiero, first-person singular preterite referí, past participle referido)
* to report
* to relate
* (reflexive) to refer to
    ¿A qué te refieres?What are you referring to?

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* referimiento

#### Related terms

* referencia
* referente
* referirse

### Further reading

* “referir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10