fregar
Spanish, verb/fɾeˈɡaɾ/
fregar is spelled F-R-E-G-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fregar is a Spanish verb meaning “to wash (to clean with a sponge, brush, rag)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Limpiar algo con agua y algún tipo de detergente, frotándolo con estropajo, cepillo o cualquier útil similar”.
What does fregar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wash (to clean with a sponge, brush, rag)
Ponte a fregar los platos, que ya hay muchos.
- 2
to scrub (to rub hard)
fregar el suelo
- 3
Latin-Americacolloquialto peeve, annoy
¡Dejá de fregar!
- 4
Latin-Americacolloquialvulgarto screw over, to ruin, to fuck
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Limpiar algo con agua y algún tipo de detergente, frotándolo con estropajo, cepillo o cualquier útil similar. 2. Limpiar utilizando la fregona. 3. Molestar, fastidiar o incordiar a alguien. 4. Dañar o perjudicar a alguien.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fregar
- friego first-person present singular
- fregué first-person preterite singular
- fregado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- g-gu alternation
- fregando gerund
- fregada feminine participle past
- fregados masculine participle past
- fregadas feminine participle past
- friegas indicative informal present
- fregás indicative informal present
- friega indicative present singular
- fregamos first-person indicative plural
- fregáis indicative plural present
- friegan indicative plural present
- fregaba first-person imperfect indicative
- fregabas imperfect indicative second-person
- fregábamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fregar?
- /fɾeˈɡaɾ/
- [fɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fregar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fregar in Spanish?
fregar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).