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referendar

Portuguese, verb/ʁe.fe.ɾẽˈda(ʁ)/

referendar is spelled R-E-F-E-R-E-N-D-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 148,558th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Referendar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to vote in a referendum; to bring to a referendum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “firmar (documento, decreto) como responsável”.

What does referendar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to vote in a referendum; to bring to a referendum

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. firmar (documento, decreto) como responsável 2. assinar (um ministro) documento abaixo da assinatura do chefe do Executivo, para que seja publicado 3. aceitar o que já foi aprovado por outrem

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of referendar

  • referendo first-person present singular
  • referendei first-person preterite singular
  • referendado participle past
  • referendares infinitive second-person singular
  • referendarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • referendardes infinitive plural second-person
  • referendarem infinitive plural third-person
  • referendando gerund
  • referendados masculine participle past
  • referendada feminine participle past
  • referendadas feminine participle past
  • referendas indicative present second-person
  • referenda indicative present singular
  • referendamos first-person indicative plural
  • referendais indicative plural present
  • referendam indicative plural present
  • referendava first-person imperfect indicative
  • referendavas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce referendar?

  • Brazil /ʁe.fe.ɾẽˈda(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [he.fe.ɾẽˈda(h)]
  • /ʁe.fe.ɾẽˈda(ɾ)/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is referendar in Portuguese?

referendar appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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