fregar

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Etymology

From Latin frico.

Pronunciation

Verb

fregar (first-person singular present frego, past participle fregat)

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

Conjugation

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fricāre, present active infinitive of fricō

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɾeˈɡaɾ/, [fɾeˈɣaɾ]

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
  3. (colloquial, Latin America) to peeve, annoy
    ¡Dejá de fregar! - Stop annoying [me]!
    Ella siempre está fregándolo, pero él tiene paciencia. - She's always annoying him, but he's patient.

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes ie in stressed syllables; g becomes a gu before e.
    Conjugation of fregar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive fregar
gerund fregando
past participle masculine feminine
singular fregado fregada
plural fregados fregadas
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 friego friegastú
fregásvos		 friega fregamos fregáis friegan
imperfect fregaba fregabas fregaba fregábamos fregabais fregaban
preterite fregué fregaste fregó fregamos fregasteis fregaron
future fregaré fregarás fregará fregaremos fregaréis fregarán
conditional fregaría fregarías fregaría fregaríamos fregaríais fregarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present friegue friegues friegue freguemos freguéis frieguen
imperfect
(ra)		 fregara fregaras fregara fregáramos fregarais fregaran
imperfect
(se)		 fregase fregases fregase fregásemos fregaseis fregasen
future1 fregare fregares fregare fregáremos fregareis fregaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative friegatú
fregávos		 friegue freguemos fregad frieguen
negative no friegues no friegue no freguemos no freguéis no frieguen
  • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

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