referencia

/refeˈɾenθja/ · B1 · noun · f

mention

📚🔖 Sounds like reference + -ia; from Latin referre = re (back) + ferre (carry)

A referencia carries you back to a source. Spanish swaps English -ence for -encia, as in ciencia (science) and paciencia (patience). It is feminine, so it is la referencia, and the stress falls on -REN-.

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