English-Spanish translations for referendum

• referendo
  Sí, lo crean o no, un referendo. Yes, believe it or not, a referendum.
  Espero que el referendo tenga lugar. I am hopeful that the referendum will happen.
  Todo referendo tiene su historia. Every referendum tells a story.
• referéndum
  Referéndum en Venezuela (debate) Referendum in Venezuela (debate)
  Todos ellos contribuyeron a ganar el referéndum. This helped to win the referendum.
  Sólo un referéndum puede anular lo que ha decidido otro referéndum. Only a referendum can cancel what another referendum has decided.
• plebiscito
  Por lo tanto, propongo que sustituyamos el término "referendo" por "plebiscito" para que sea coherente con la Constitución de Georgia. I therefore propose that we replace the term 'referendum' with 'plebiscite', to bring this into line with the Georgian Constitution.
  En todos los países afectados existe el riesgo de que el referendo europeo se convierta en un plebiscito nacional. In all the countries concerned, there is a risk that the European referendum will turn into a national plebiscite.
  Obviamente hay que tomar en serio el plebiscito irlandés. Of course we will take the referendum in Ireland seriously.

Definition of referendum

• A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. The adposition ''on'is usually used before the related subject of the vote
• An action, choice, etc., which is perceived as passing judgment on another matter

Examples

• My father is taking my decision on whether to go to university as a referendum on his performance as a parent, and its very stressful.

Related words

• reference
• preferential
• referent
• referential
• preference
• self-referential
• references
• referencing
• preferences