Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Saturday May 10, 2008

referirse, reflexive verb:
to refer; to mean

You’ll need to remember that referirse to refer is reflexive.

Me refiero a lo de anoche.
I’m referring to what happened last night.

Se refirió a la necesidad de poner el plan en marcha.
He referred to OR spoke of the need to put the plan into action.

It often translates as to mean, especially in direct and indirect questions:

¿Te refieres a mí?
Do you mean me?

No sé a qué te refieres.
I don’t know what you mean.

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Spanish Word of the Day ArchiveSaturday May 10, 2008