# fregar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin fricāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fɾəˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fɾeˈɣaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

fregar (first-person singular present frego, first-person singular preterite freguí, past participle fregat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* (transitive, intransitive) to rub
* (transitive) to graze, to brush
* (transitive) to wash (dishes)

#### Derived terms

* frec
* fregadís
* fregadissa
* fregador
* fregall
* fregament
* pal de fregar

### 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, 2025
* “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. Compare English fray.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɾeˈɣaɾ/

### Verb

fregar (first-person singular present frego, first-person singular preterite freguei, past participle fregado)
* to wash (dishes, clothes)
* to scrub, brush
* 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 manteigaAnd he should have his head always covered with a wool cloth and they should smear him often, rubbing him outside with lard

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* frega
* fregaduxo
* freganzo

#### Related terms

* esfregar
* refregar

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fregar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “fregar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fregar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fregar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɾeˈɡaɾ/ [fɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: fre‧gar

### Verb

fregar (first-person singular present friego, first-person singular preterite fregué, past participle fregado)
* to wash (dishes)
    Ponte a fregar los platos, que ya hay muchos.Start doing the dishes, there's already a lot.
* to scrub
    fregar el suelo ― to scrub the floor
* (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.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* fregar la cachimba
* fregar la pita
* friegaplatos

#### Related terms

* fregadero
* fregado
* fregona

### Further reading

* “fregar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10