referendo

Latin

Participle

referendō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of referendus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.feˈɾẽ.du/ [he.feˈɾẽ.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.feˈɾẽ.du/ [he.feˈɾẽ.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.feˈɾẽ.du/ [χe.feˈɾẽ.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.feˈɾẽ.do/ [he.feˈɾẽ.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.fɨˈɾẽ.du/

• Hyphenation: re‧fe‧ren‧do

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin referendum.

Noun

referendo m (plural referendos)

1. (politics) referendum (direct popular vote)

Derived terms

• referendar

Related terms

• referir

Etymology 2

Verb

referendo

1. first-person singular present indicative of referendar

Further reading

• “referendo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “referendo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /refeˈɾendo/ [re.feˈɾẽn̪.d̪o]
• Rhymes: -endo
• Syllabification: re‧fe‧ren‧do

Noun

referendo m (plural referendos)

1. referendum

   Synonym: referéndum

Further reading

• “referendo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025