"refer" meaning in Inglés

See refer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈfɜː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɹɪˈfɝ/ [General-American, Standard-Canadian], /ɹɪˈfɜː/ [Australia] Audio: en-us-refer.ogg [General-American, Standard-Canadian], En-au-reefer.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Del inglés medio referren, del francés antiguo referer, del latín referre, de re- con ferre. Forms: refering [impersonal, gerund], refered [impersonal, participle], referest [second-person, indicative, present, archaic], refers [third-person, singular, indicative, present], refereth [third-person, singular, indicative, present, archaic], refered [first-person, indicative, preterite], refered [second-person, indicative, preterite], referedst [second-person, indicative, preterite, archaic], refered [third-person, singular, indicative, preterite], refered [third-person, plural, indicative, preterite], have refered [first-person, indicative, compound, past], have refered [second-person, indicative, compound, past], has refered [third-person, singular, indicative, compound, past], have refered [third-person, plural, indicative, compound, past], had refered [first-person, indicative, pluperfect], had refered [second-person, indicative, pluperfect], had refered [third-person, singular, indicative, pluperfect], had refered [third-person, plural, indicative, pluperfect], will refer [first-person, indicative, future], will refer [second-person, indicative, future], will refer [third-person, singular, indicative, future], will refer [third-person, plural, indicative, future], will have refered [first-person, indicative, future, compound], will have refered [second-person, indicative, future, compound], will have refered [third-person, singular, indicative, future, compound], will have refered [third-person, plural, indicative, future, compound], would refer [first-person, conditional], would refer [second-person, conditional], would refer [third-person, singular, conditional], would refer [third-person, plural, conditional], would have refered [first-person, conditional, compound], would have refered [second-person, conditional, compound], would have refered [third-person, singular, conditional, compound], would have refered [third-person, plural, conditional, compound], refered [first-person, subjunctive, preterite], refered [second-person, subjunctive, preterite], refered [third-person, singular, subjunctive, preterite], refered [third-person, plural, subjunctive, preterite], let's refer [third-person, plural, imperative, present]
  1. Remitir.
    Sense id: es-refer-en-verb-M3BOpSF2
  2. Mencionar (algo); dirigir la atención (a algo); referir.
    Sense id: es-refer-en-verb-hSvd-yaK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): EN:Palabras bisílabas, EN:Palabras provenientes del inglés medio, EN:Verbos, EN:Verbos regulares, Inglés

Inflected forms

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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Remitir."
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    },
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            [
              36,
              44
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    {
      "form": "would refer",
      "raw_tags": [
        "I"
      ],
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        "conditional"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "would refer",
      "raw_tags": [
        "you"
      ],
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        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "would refer",
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        "conditional"
      ]
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        "I"
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        "compound"
      ]
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      ],
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        "third-person",
        "singular",
        "conditional",
        "compound"
      ]
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    {
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "plural",
        "conditional",
        "compound"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "refered",
      "raw_tags": [
        "I"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "preterite"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "refered",
      "raw_tags": [
        "you"
      ],
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "he, she, it"
      ],
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "we, you, they"
      ],
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        "third-person",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "let's refer",
      "raw_tags": [
        "(we)"
      ],
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        "plural",
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbo",
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    {
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        "Remitir."
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    },
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            [
              36,
              44
            ]
          ],
          "text": "To explain the problem, the teacher referred to an example in another textbook."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mencionar (algo); dirigir la atención (a algo); referir."
      ],
      "sense_index": "2"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈfɜː/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-refer.ogg",
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈfɝ/",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b6/En-us-refer.ogg/En-us-refer.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/en-us-refer.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Maryland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Standard-Canadian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-reefer.ogg",
      "ipa": "/ɹɪˈfɜː/",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e5/En-au-reefer.ogg/En-au-reefer.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-au-reefer.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Queensland"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "refer"
}

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