"referir" meaning in Portuguese

See referir in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ʁe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [he.feˈɾi(h)] [Brazil], /ʁe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [Brazil], [he.feˈɾi(h)] [Brazil], /ʁe.feˈɾi(ɾ)/ [São-Paulo], [he.feˈɾi(ɾ)] [São-Paulo], /ʁe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/ [Rio-de-Janeiro], [χe.feˈɾi(χ)] [Rio-de-Janeiro], /ʁe.feˈɾi(ɻ)/ [Southern-Brazil], [he.feˈɾi(ɻ)] [Southern-Brazil], /ʁɨ.fɨˈɾiɾ/ [Portugal], /ʁɨ.fɨˈɾiɾ/ [Portugal], /ʁɨ.fɨˈɾi.ɾi/ [Portugal, Southern]
Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese referir, from Latin referō. Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|referir}} Old Galician-Portuguese referir, {{der|pt|la|referō}} Latin referō Head templates: {{pt-verb|<i-e>}} referir (first-person singular present refiro, third-person singular present refere, first-person singular preterite referi, past participle referido) Inflection templates: {{pt-conj|<i-e>}} Forms: refiro [first-person, present, singular], refere [present, singular, third-person], referi [first-person, preterite, singular], referido [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], referir [impersonal, infinitive], referir [first-person, infinitive, singular], referires [infinitive, second-person, singular], referir [infinitive, singular, third-person], referirmos [first-person, infinitive, plural], referirdes [infinitive, plural, second-person], referirem [infinitive, plural, third-person], referindo [gerund], referido [masculine, participle, past, singular], referidos [masculine, participle, past, plural], referida [feminine, participle, past, singular], referidas [feminine, participle, past, plural], refiro [first-person, indicative, present, singular], referes [indicative, present, second-person, singular], refere [indicative, present, singular, third-person], referimos [first-person, indicative, plural, present], referis [indicative, plural, present, second-person], referem [indicative, plural, present, third-person], referia [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], referias [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], referia [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], referíamos [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], referíeis [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], referiam [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], referi [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], referiste [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], referiu [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], referimos [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], referistes [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], referiram [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], referira [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, singular], referiras [indicative, pluperfect, second-person, singular], referira [indicative, pluperfect, singular, third-person], referíramos [first-person, indicative, pluperfect, plural], referíreis [indicative, pluperfect, plural, second-person], referiram [indicative, pluperfect, plural, third-person], referirei [first-person, future, indicative, singular], referirás [future, indicative, second-person, singular], referirá [future, indicative, singular, third-person], referiremos [first-person, future, indicative, plural], referireis [future, indicative, plural, second-person], referirão [future, indicative, plural, third-person], referiria [conditional, first-person, singular], referirias [conditional, second-person, singular], referiria [conditional, singular, third-person], referiríamos [conditional, first-person, plural], referiríeis [conditional, plural, second-person], refeririam [conditional, plural, third-person], refira [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], refiras [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], refira [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], refiramos [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], refirais [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], refiram [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], referisse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], referisses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], referisse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], referíssemos [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], referísseis [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], referissem [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], referir [first-person, future, singular, subjunctive], referires [future, second-person, singular, subjunctive], referir [future, singular, subjunctive, third-person], referirmos [first-person, future, plural, subjunctive], referirdes [future, plural, second-person, subjunctive], referirem [future, plural, subjunctive, third-person], refere [imperative, second-person, singular], refira [imperative, singular, third-person], refiramos [first-person, imperative, plural], referi [imperative, plural, second-person], refiram [imperative, plural, third-person], não refiras [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], não refira [imperative, negative, singular, third-person], não refiramos [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], não refirais [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], não refiram [imperative, negative, plural, third-person], refirir [alternative]
  1. to refer
    to direct to a source for help or information     Synonyms: citar, referenciar
    Sense id: en-referir-pt-verb-JhKGk1aS Categories (other): Portuguese verbs with i-e alternation in present singular Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs with i-e alternation in present singular: 18 20 18 18 12 14
  2. to refer
    submit to an authority figure for consideration
    Sense id: en-referir-pt-verb-3wf94p7G Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese verbs ending in -ir, Portuguese verbs with i-e alternation in present singular Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 7 6 3 3 20 4 4 4 25 4 4 3 4 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 5 4 3 2 26 3 3 3 33 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 11 55 11 11 3 7 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs ending in -ir: 11 42 11 11 12 13 Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs with i-e alternation in present singular: 18 20 18 18 12 14
  3. to refer
    to allude to     Synonyms: aludir, mencionar
    Sense id: en-referir-pt-verb-GgAwCEc8 Categories (other): Portuguese verbs with i-e alternation in present singular Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs with i-e alternation in present singular: 18 20 18 18 12 14
  4. to refer
    (reflexive) to refer (to) (to make a reference to) [with a ‘something/someone’]     Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-referir-pt-verb-Szqn3sMF Categories (other): Portuguese verbs with i-e alternation in present singular Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs with i-e alternation in present singular: 18 20 18 18 12 14
  5. to relate (to tell in a descriptive way) Synonyms: contar, dizer, narrar, relatar
    Sense id: en-referir-pt-verb-uuGeYBWj Categories (other): Portuguese verbs with i-e alternation in present singular Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs with i-e alternation in present singular: 18 20 18 18 12 14
  6. to be about something; to have something as a subject Synonyms: dizer respeito a
    Sense id: en-referir-pt-verb-w7Kx4LgP Categories (other): Portuguese verbs with i-e alternation in present singular Disambiguation of Portuguese verbs with i-e alternation in present singular: 18 20 18 18 12 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: referência, referenciado, referencial, referencialidade, referenciar, referenda, referendado, referendar, referendo, referente, referido, referimento, referível

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "referida",
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      "form": "referes",
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      "form": "referimos",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "referem",
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    },
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      "form": "referia",
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      "form": "referias",
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      "form": "referíamos",
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      "form": "referíeis",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "referiam",
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      "form": "referi",
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      "form": "referiste",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referiu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
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        "indicative",
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      "form": "referira",
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    {
      "form": "referiras",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "referira",
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        "third-person"
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        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
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      "form": "referíreis",
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        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "referirei",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referirás",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "referirá",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referiremos",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "referireis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referirão",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referiria",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referirias",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referiria",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referiríamos",
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        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referiríeis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refeririam",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refira",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refiras",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refira",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refiramos",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refirais",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refiram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referisse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referisses",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referisse",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referíssemos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referísseis",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referissem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referir",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referires",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referir",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referirmos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referirdes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referirem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refira",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refiramos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refiram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não refiras",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não refira",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não refiramos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não refirais",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não refiram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refirir",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "<i-e>"
      },
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      "name": "pt-verb"
    }
  ],
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    "re‧fe‧rir"
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "<i-e>"
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    },
    {
      "form": "referirem",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refere",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refira",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refiramos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "referi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refiram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não refiras",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não refira",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não refiramos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não refirais",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "não refiram",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "negative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refirir",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i-e>"
      },
      "expansion": "referir (first-person singular present refiro, third-person singular present refere, first-person singular preterite referi, past participle referido)",
      "name": "pt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "re‧fe‧rir"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "<i-e>"
      },
      "name": "pt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Portuguese",
  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "referência"
    },
    {
      "word": "referenciado"
    },
    {
      "word": "referencial"
    },
    {
      "word": "referencialidade"
    },
    {
      "word": "referenciar"
    },
    {
      "word": "referenda"
    },
    {
      "word": "referendado"
    },
    {
      "word": "referendar"
    },
    {
      "word": "referendo"
    },
    {
      "word": "referente"
    },
    {
      "word": "referido"
    },
    {
      "word": "referimento"
    },
    {
      "word": "referível"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to refer",
        "to direct to a source for help or information"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refer",
          "refer"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "citar"
        },
        {
          "word": "referenciar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to refer",
        "submit to an authority figure for consideration"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refer",
          "refer"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to refer",
        "to allude to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refer",
          "refer"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "aludir"
        },
        {
          "word": "mencionar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to refer",
        "to refer (to) (to make a reference to)"
      ],
      "info_templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": ":a<something/someone>"
          },
          "expansion": "[with a ‘something/someone’]",
          "extra_data": {
            "words": [
              "a",
              "‘something/someone’"
            ]
          },
          "name": "+obj"
        }
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "refer",
          "refer"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "to refer",
        "(reflexive) to refer (to) (to make a reference to) [with a ‘something/someone’]"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to relate (to tell in a descriptive way)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "relate",
          "relate"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "contar"
        },
        {
          "word": "dizer"
        },
        {
          "word": "narrar"
        },
        {
          "word": "relatar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Portuguese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This law is about the crimes of fraud and racketeering.",
          "text": "Esta lei refere-se aos crimes de fraude e extorsão.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to be about something; to have something as a subject"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "about",
          "about"
        ],
        [
          "subject",
          "subject"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dizer respeito a"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[he.feˈɾi(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[he.feˈɾi(h)]",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁe.feˈɾi(ɾ)/",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[he.feˈɾi(ɾ)]",
      "tags": [
        "São-Paulo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁe.feˈɾi(ʁ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[χe.feˈɾi(χ)]",
      "tags": [
        "Rio-de-Janeiro"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁe.feˈɾi(ɻ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[he.feˈɾi(ɻ)]",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁɨ.fɨˈɾiɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁɨ.fɨˈɾiɾ/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʁɨ.fɨˈɾi.ɾi/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "Southern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "referi (Brazil)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "referir"
}

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