fregar.
to wash (to clean with a sponge, brush, rag)
Meaning & usage
to wash (to clean with a sponge, brush, rag)
Ponte a fregar los platos, que ya hay muchos.
to scrub (to rub hard)
to peeve, annoy
¡Dejá de fregar!
Ella siempre está fregándolo, pero él tiene paciencia.
to screw over, to ruin, to fuck
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-o-s Proto-Italic *frios Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin friō Latin -ic- ▲ Latin -ō Latin -icō Latin fricāre Old Spanish fregar Spanish fregar Inherited from Old Spanish fregar, from Latin fricāre. Compare English fray, Italian fregàre.
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