fregar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fricāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

fregar (first-person singular present frego, first-person singular preterite freguí, past participle fregat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive, intransitive) to rub
2. (transitive) to graze, to brush
3. (transitive) to wash (dishes)

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Derived terms

Further reading

• “fregar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fregar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “fregar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fregar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From Latin fricāre, present active infinitive of fricō. Compare English fray.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾeˈɣaɾ/

Verb

fregar (first-person singular present frego, first-person singular preterite freguei, past participle fregado)

1. to wash (dishes, clothes)
2. to scrub, brush
3. to rub, graze
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 109:

     Et teña a cabeça cuberta senpre con pano de llaã et hu[n]teno ameude fregandoo adefora con manteiga

     And he should have his head always covered with a wool cloth and they should smear him often, rubbing him outside with lard

Conjugation

Derived terms

• frega
• fregaduxo
• freganzo

Related terms

• esfregar
• refregar

References

• “fregar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “fregar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “fregar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fregar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “fregar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fregar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fregar, from Latin fricāre. Compare English fray, Italian fregare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾeˈɡaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fre‧gar

Verb

fregar (first-person singular present friego, first-person singular preterite fregué, past participle fregado)

1. to wash (dishes)

   Ponte a fregar los platos, que ya hay muchos.

   Start doing the dishes, there's already a lot.

2. to scrub

   fregar el suelo ― to scrub the floor

3. (colloquial, Latin America) to peeve, annoy

   Synonyms: joder, molestar, huevar, cargar

   ¡Dejá de fregar! ― Stop annoying !

   Ella siempre está fregándolo, pero él tiene paciencia.

   She's always annoying him, but he's patient.

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Further reading

• “fregar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014