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Spanish
Etymology 1
Deverbal from refregar.
Noun
refriega f (plural refriegas)
- fray, scuffle, skirmish, affray
1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael, Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:Los gauchos escucharon con mucha atención y silencio las palabras de Venancio, y cuando él hubo concluido, echarónse atrás los sombreros, e hicieron juramento de pelear hasta morir, inflamados ya a la idea de la refriega, con una expresión de odio profundo en los ojos- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Verb
refriega
- inflection of refregar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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