Refiriendo (en. Referring)

/refiˈɾjendo/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

Act of making reference or alluding to something.

I am referring to the analysis we did last week.

Estoy refiriendo al análisis que hicimos la semana pasada.

Communicating about a specific topic.

She is referring to the latest news on her show.

Ella está refiriendo las últimas noticias en su programa.

Presenting information from another source.

The author is referring to data from previous studies.

El autor está refiriendo datos de estudios anteriores.

It comes from the Latin 'referens', which means 'to carry back'.

referring to

To make reference to something specific.

refiriendo a

referring a problem

Communicating about a problem.

refiriendo un problema

referring to a source

Citing a source of information.

refiriendo a una fuente

refer

Verb that means to comment or mention something.

referir

reference

Citation or mention of a text or source.

referencia

referential

That refers to something.

referencial

To refer to something colloquially.

When I talk about that, I am referring in a joking tone.

Cuando hablo de eso, estoy refiriendo en tono de broma.

To make a quick mention without going into detail.

He is referring without going into details.

Está refiriendo sin entrar en detalles.