# refregar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin refricāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [rə.fɾəˈɣa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [re.fɾeˈɣaɾ]

### Verb

refregar (first-person singular present refrego, first-person singular preterite refreguí, past participle refregat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/
* to scour, rub hard, scrub
* to rub again
* (colloquial, figuratively) to rub in (irritatingly make a point)

#### Related terms

* fregar

### Further reading

* “refregar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “refregar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “refregar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “refregar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin refricāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /refɾeˈɣaɾ/

### Verb

refregar (first-person singular present refrego, first-person singular preterite refreguei, past participle refregado)
* to rub

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* fregar
* esfregar

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “refregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “refregar”, 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), “refregar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “refregar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “refregar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin refricāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.fɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [he.fɾeˈɡa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.fɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [he.fɾeˈɡa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁe.fɾeˈɡa(ɾ)/ [he.fɾeˈɡa(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁe.fɾeˈɡa(ʁ)/ [χe.fɾeˈɡa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.fɾeˈɡa(ɻ)/ [he.fɾeˈɡa(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.fɾɨˈɡaɾ/ [ʁɨ.fɾɨˈɣaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.fɾɨˈɡaɾ/ [ʁɨ.fɾɨˈɣaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.fɾɨˈɡa.ɾi/ [ʁɨ.fɾɨˈɣa.ɾi]

### Verb

refregar (first-person singular present refrego, first-person singular preterite refreguei, past participle refregado)
* (intransitive) to fight

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### References

* “refregar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
* “refregar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin refricāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /refɾeˈɡaɾ/ [re.fɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: re‧fre‧gar

### Verb

refregar (first-person singular present refriego, first-person singular preterite refregué, past participle refregado)
* to rub
* to scrub, scour
* to harp on, insist on recalling (something unpleasant)

#### 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

* refriega

#### Related terms

* fregar
* refregadura
* refregamiento
* refregón

### Further reading

* “refregar”, 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