refrega
Portuguese, noun/ʁeˈfɾɛ.ɡɐ/
refrega is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “combat; battle; fight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of refregar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “confronto; briga”.
What does refrega mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecombat; battle; fight
- 2
femininehard work
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. confronto; briga 2. trabalho
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of refrega
- refregas plural
- re.fre.ga canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce refrega?
- Brazil /ʁeˈfɾɛ.ɡɐ/
- Brazil [heˈfɾɛ.ɡɐ]
- /ʁeˈfɾɛ.ɡɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to refrega
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is refrega in Portuguese?
refrega appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).