rub

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rub
[rʌb]
sustantivo
también:
  • to give something a rub -> frotar algo
  • there's the rub! (sentido figurado) -> ¡ahí está el problema!
verbo transitivo (pt & pp rubbed)
1frotar
  • to rub one's hands together -> frotarse las manos
  • to rub shoulders with (sentido figurado) -> codearse con
  • to rub somebody up the wrong way (familiar) -> caer mal a alguien
  • there's no need to rub it in! (familiar) -> ¡no tienes por qué restregármelo por las narices!
verbo intransitivo
2rozar (straps, shoes)(against contra)

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rub [rab-daun]
sustantivo
1Frotamiento, ludimiento, colisión de dos cuerpos uno con otro.
2Estregamento, estregadura.
3Tropiezo, embarazo, obstáculo, dificultad.
4Sarcasmo, denuesto; algo que ofende el amor propio.

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rub [rʌb]
noun
1 (gen)
to give sth a rub frotar algo; to give one's shoes a rub (up) limpiar los zapatos; to give the silver a rub sacar brillo a la plata; to give sb's back a rub frotar la espalda de algn
2
there's the rub ahí está el problema; esa es la dificultad; the rub is that ... el problema es que ...
verb:transitive
(apply friction) frotar; (hard) restregar; estregar; (Med) etc friccionar; (to clean) limpiar frotando; (polish) sacar brillo a
to rub one's hands together frotarse las manos; to rub sth dry secar algo frotándolo; to rub a surface bare alisar una superficie a fuerza de frotarla; to rub a cream into the skin frotar la piel con una crema
verb:intransitive
to rub against/on sth rozar algo

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Verb Conjugation for "rub"

Imperative
  • rub
  • you rub
  • he/she rubs
  • we rub
  • you rub
  • they rub
Preterite
  • I rubbed
  • you rubbed
  • he/she rubbed
  • we rubbed
  • you rubbed
  • they rubbed
Present Continuous
  • I am rubbing
  • you are rubbing
  • he/she is rubbing
  • we are rubbing
  • you are rubbing
  • they are rubbing
Present Perfect
  • I have rubbed
  • you have rubbed
  • he/she has rubbed
  • we have rubbed
  • you have rubbed
  • they have rubbed
Past Continuous
  • I was rubbing
  • you were rubbing
  • he/she was rubbing
  • we were rubbing
  • you were rubbing
  • they were rubbing
Past Perfect
  • I had rubbed
  • you had rubbed
  • he/she had rubbed
  • we had rubbed
  • you had rubbed
  • they had rubbed
Future
  • I will rub
  • you will rub
  • he/she will rub
  • we will rub
  • you will rub
  • they will rub
Future Perfect
  • I will have rubbed
  • you will have rubbed
  • he/she will have rubbed
  • we will have rubbed
  • you will have rubbed
  • they will have rubbed
Future Continuous
  • I will be rubbing
  • you will be rubbing
  • he/she will be rubbing
  • we will be rubbing
  • you will be rubbing
  • they will be rubbing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been rubbing
  • you have been rubbing
  • he/she has been rubbing
  • we have been rubbing
  • you have been rubbing
  • they have been rubbing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been rubbing
  • you will have been rubbing
  • he/she will have been rubbing
  • we will have been rubbing
  • you will have been rubbing
  • they will have been rubbing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been rubbing
  • you had been rubbing
  • he/she had been rubbing
  • we had been rubbing
  • you had been rubbing
  • they had been rubbing
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