referir

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

referir (first-person singular present refereixo, first-person singular preterite referí, past participle referit)

1. to relate
2. to refer
3. to be about

• referència
• referent

• “referir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “referir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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.

From Latin referre.

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)

1. to refer (to direct to a source for help or information)

   Synonyms: citar, referenciar

2. to relate (to tell in a descriptive way)

   Synonyms: contar, dicir, narrar, relatar

3. to refer (submit to an authority figure for consideration)
4. 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.

5. to refer (to allude to)

   Synonyms: aludir, mencionar

• referencia
• referenciar
• referenda
• referendado
• referendar
• referendo
• referente

• “referir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “referir” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

• refirir (obsolete)

From Old Galician-Portuguese referir, from Latin referō.

• Homophone: referi (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: re‧fe‧rir

referir (first-person singular present refiro, third-person singular present refere, first-person singular preterite referi, past participle referido)

1. to refer (to direct to a source for help or information)

   Synonyms: citar, referenciar

2. to relate (to tell in a descriptive way)

   Synonyms: contar, dizer, narrar, relatar

3. to refer (submit to an authority figure for consideration)
4. 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.

5. to refer (to allude to)

   Synonyms: aludir, mencionar

Learned borrowing from Latin referō.

• IPA^(key): /refeˈɾiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: re‧fe‧rir

referir (first-person singular present refiero, first-person singular preterite referí, past participle referido)

1. to report
2. to relate
3. (reflexive) to refer to

   ¿A qué te refieres?

   What are you referring to?

• “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