Referías

Referías is the second-person singular imperfect indicative form of the Spanish verb referir. The verb referir means to refer, mention, relate, or report, depending on the context. In the imperfect tense, referías expresses habitual or continuous past action, or background information in a narrative. It is used when addressing someone informally (tú).

Conjugation: yo refería; tú referías; él/ella/Ud. refería; nosotros referíamos; vosotros referíais; ellos/ellas/Uds. referían. The forms with -ía carry the accent on í, as required by Spanish orthography for the imperfect endings (-ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían). There is no irregular stem in the imperfect for this verb.

Usage and examples: It usually denotes repeated or ongoing past references. Examples: "Tú referías ese libro cada vez que discutíamos el tema." "En el informe, tú referías a los resultados obtenidos." In narrative context: "Tú referías los hechos tal como los viviste." Distinctions: differ from the preterite "referiste," which marks a completed past action; and from the conditional "referirías," which marks a hypothetical or potential action.

Etymology and related forms: derivation from Latin referre (to bring back, report, relate); via the Romance languages into Spanish. The related reflexive form "referirse" means to refer to or to relate oneself to something, as in "referirse a un tema."