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Inherited from Latin fricāre.

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

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

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

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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

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Spanish

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /fɾeˈɡaɾ/ [fɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: fre‧gar

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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 sueloto scrub the floor
  3. (colloquial, Latin America) to peeve, annoy
    Synonyms: joder, molestar, huevar, cargar
    ¡Dejá de fregar!Stop annoying [me]!
    Ella siempre está fregándolo, pero él tiene paciencia.
    She's always annoying him, but he's patient.

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