Skip to main content

fretar

Spanish, verb/fɾeˈtaɾ/

fretar is spelled F-R-E-T-A-R (6 letters). Fretar is a Spanish verb meaning “to rub, scrub” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Frotar, restregar”.

What does fretar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to rub, scrub

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Frotar, restregar

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 fretar

  • freto first-person present singular
  • freté first-person preterite singular
  • fretado participle past
  • fretando gerund
  • fretada feminine participle past
  • fretados masculine participle past
  • fretadas feminine participle past
  • fretas indicative informal present
  • fretás indicative informal present
  • freta indicative present singular
  • fretamos first-person indicative plural
  • fretáis indicative plural present
  • fretan indicative plural present
  • fretaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • fretabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • fretábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • fretabais imperfect indicative plural
  • fretaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fretar?

  • /fɾeˈtaɾ/
  • [fɾeˈt̪aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

What to look up after fretar