restregar
[rest̪ɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“restregar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pasar repetidamente y con ahínco algo sobre otra cosa de manera que sus superficies queden en contacto rápido y produzcan fricción fuerte.
Corpus desk
Index ES-restregar · restregar · Spanish
restregar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | restregar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [rest̪ɾeˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “restregar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
restregar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [rest̪ɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for restregar, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is restregar, spelled R-E-S-T-R-E-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Pasar repetidamente y con ahínco algo sobre otra cosa de manera que sus superficies queden en contacto rápido y produzcan fricción fuerte.
- 2Sacar a relucir un defecto, favor, error, regaño, amenaza o hecho, insistiendo en ello para hacer sentir a alguien culpa, rechazo, temor o humillación.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how restregar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nunca la había visto tan enojada; es más, hasta me restregó en la cara que se iba a ir con el primero que se le atravesara
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.