"referente" meaning in Spanish

See referente in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /refeˈɾente/, [re.feˈɾẽn̪.t̪e] Forms: referentes [feminine, masculine, plural]
Rhymes: -ente Etymology: From referir. Head templates: {{es-adj}} referente m or f (masculine and feminine plural referentes)
  1. referring Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-referente-es-adj-3qsDzUMG Categories (other): Spanish links with redundant target parameters, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 54 5 41

Noun

IPA: /refeˈɾente/, [re.feˈɾẽn̪.t̪e] Forms: referentes [plural]
Rhymes: -ente Etymology: From referir. Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} referente m (plural referentes)
  1. referent Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-referente-es-noun-o2igFDLw
  2. role model, idol, inspiration (someone to look up to and emulate) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-referente-es-noun-7yVh5SP9

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "From referir.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "referentes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "referente m or f (masculine and feminine plural referentes)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "re‧fe‧ren‧te"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 5 41",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "referring to, regarding",
          "text": "referente a",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "when it comes to",
          "text": "en lo referente a",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "referring"
      ],
      "id": "en-referente-es-adj-3qsDzUMG",
      "links": [
        [
          "referring",
          "referring"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/refeˈɾente/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[re.feˈɾẽn̪.t̪e]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "referente"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From referir.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "referentes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "referente m (plural referentes)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "re‧fe‧ren‧te"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "referent"
      ],
      "id": "en-referente-es-noun-o2igFDLw",
      "links": [
        [
          "referent",
          "referent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 February 11, Agathe Cortes, “Hombre con bata y pelo alborotado: el referente científico que hay que cambiar”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Reiteran que, en general, faltan referentes femeninos reales y accesibles, no solo para los más jóvenes, sino para todo el mundo.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "role model, idol, inspiration (someone to look up to and emulate)"
      ],
      "id": "en-referente-es-noun-7yVh5SP9",
      "links": [
        [
          "role model",
          "role model"
        ],
        [
          "idol",
          "idol"
        ],
        [
          "inspiration",
          "inspiration"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/refeˈɾente/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[re.feˈɾẽn̪.t̪e]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "referente"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/ente",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/ente/4 syllables",
    "Spanish 4-syllable words",
    "Spanish adjectives",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish epicene adjectives",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From referir.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "referentes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "referente m or f (masculine and feminine plural referentes)",
      "name": "es-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "re‧fe‧ren‧te"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish links with redundant target parameters",
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "referring to, regarding",
          "text": "referente a",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "when it comes to",
          "text": "en lo referente a",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "referring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "referring",
          "referring"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/refeˈɾente/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[re.feˈɾẽn̪.t̪e]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "referente"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/ente",
    "Rhymes:Spanish/ente/4 syllables",
    "Spanish 4-syllable words",
    "Spanish adjectives",
    "Spanish countable nouns",
    "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Spanish epicene adjectives",
    "Spanish lemmas",
    "Spanish masculine nouns",
    "Spanish nouns",
    "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From referir.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "referentes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "referente m (plural referentes)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "re‧fe‧ren‧te"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "referent"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "referent",
          "referent"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Requests for translations of Spanish quotations",
        "Spanish terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 February 11, Agathe Cortes, “Hombre con bata y pelo alborotado: el referente científico que hay que cambiar”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:",
          "text": "Reiteran que, en general, faltan referentes femeninos reales y accesibles, no solo para los más jóvenes, sino para todo el mundo.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "role model, idol, inspiration (someone to look up to and emulate)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "role model",
          "role model"
        ],
        [
          "idol",
          "idol"
        ],
        [
          "inspiration",
          "inspiration"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/refeˈɾente/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[re.feˈɾẽn̪.t̪e]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "referente"
}

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