referiste

Referiste is a verb form shared by Spanish and Portuguese, representing the second-person singular preterite (past simple) of the verb referir, which means to refer, mention, or relate. In English, it corresponds to you referred or you referred to, depending on the object.

In Spanish, referir is a regular -ir verb in the preterite. Referiste is used when the subject is tú (informal you) and refers to a completed past action. It is commonly employed in neutral narration of past events. For example: “Ayer referiste un punto clave de la reunión” (Yesterday you mentioned a key point of the meeting). The corresponding formal form for usted is referió.

In Portuguese, referir also forms a regular preterite. Referiste is the tú form in regions where tu is used, such as parts of Portugal and certain Brazilian communities. It translates as “you referred.” For standard Brazilian Portuguese, the pronoun você is more common, yielding “você referiu.” Example: “Ontem referiste esse ponto na reunião” (Yesterday you referred to that point in the meeting). In Portugal, tu referiste is widely understood in informal speech.

Etymology and morphology: referiste comes from the verb referir, itself from Latin referre, with the -iste ending marking the second-person singular preterite in both languages. The form is typically written without accent marks in these languages.

See also: referir, realizar, pronombres de segunda persona in Spanish and Portuguese, pretérito perfeito simples in Portuguese.