restregar

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Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ estregar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /restɾeˈɡaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: res‧tre‧gar

Verb

restregar (first-person singular present restriego, first-person singular preterite restregué, past participle restregado)

  1. (transitive) to scour, rub hard, scrub
    Synonym: fregar
  2. (transitive, colloquial, figuratively) to rub in (irritatingly make a point)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of restregar (e-ie alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive restregar
gerund restregando
past participle masculine feminine
singular restregado restregada
plural restregados restregadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present restriego restriegastú
restregásvos 		restriega restregamos restregáis restriegan
imperfect restregaba restregabas restregaba restregábamos restregabais restregaban
preterite restregué restregaste restregó restregamos restregasteis restregaron
future restregaré restregarás restregará restregaremos restregaréis restregarán
conditional restregaría restregarías restregaría restregaríamos restregaríais restregarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present restriegue restrieguestú
restreguésvos2 		restriegue restreguemos restreguéis restrieguen
imperfect
(ra) 		restregara restregaras restregara restregáramos restregarais restregaran
imperfect
(se) 		restregase restregases restregase restregásemos restregaseis restregasen
future1 restregare restregares restregare restregáremos restregareis restregaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative restriegatú
restregávos 		restriegue restreguemos restregad restrieguen
negative no restriegues no restriegue no restreguemos no restreguéis no restrieguen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of restregar (e-ie alternation; g-gu alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive restregar
dative restregarme restregarte restregarle, restregarse restregarnos restregaros restregarles, restregarse
accusative restregarme restregarte restregarlo, restregarla, restregarse restregarnos restregaros restregarlos, restregarlas, restregarse
with gerund restregando
dative restregándome restregándote restregándole, restregándose restregándonos restregándoos restregándoles, restregándose
accusative restregándome restregándote restregándolo, restregándola, restregándose restregándonos restregándoos restregándolos, restregándolas, restregándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative restriega
dative restriégame restriégate restriégale restriéganos not used restriégales
accusative restriégame restriégate restriégalo, restriégala restriéganos not used restriégalos, restriégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative restregá
dative restregame restregate restregale restreganos not used restregales
accusative restregame restregate restregalo, restregala restreganos not used restregalos, restregalas
with formal second-person singular imperative restriegue
dative restriégueme not used restriéguele, restriéguese restriéguenos not used restriégueles
accusative restriégueme not used restriéguelo, restriéguela, restriéguese restriéguenos not used restriéguelos, restriéguelas
with first-person plural imperative restreguemos
dative not used restreguémoste restreguémosle restreguémonos restreguémoos restreguémosles
accusative not used restreguémoste restreguémoslo, restreguémosla restreguémonos restreguémoos restreguémoslos, restreguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative restregad
dative restregadme not used restregadle restregadnos restregaos restregadles
accusative restregadme not used restregadlo, restregadla restregadnos restregaos restregadlos, restregadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative restrieguen
dative restriéguenme not used restriéguenle restriéguennos not used restriéguenles, restriéguense
accusative restriéguenme not used restriéguenlo, restriéguenla restriéguennos not used restriéguenlos, restriéguenlas, restriéguense

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