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"Scour" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "restregar", and "scrub" is a transitive verb which is often translated as "fregar". Learn more about the difference between "scour" and "scrub" below.
scour(
skaur
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to scrub)
a. restregar
After scouring the tub for 45 minutes, Sandra was finally satisfied that it was clean.Después de restregar la tina durante 45 minutos, Sandra por fin estaba satisfecha de que estaba limpia.
b. fregar
You're better off letting that pot soak instead of having to scour it for an hour.Será mejor que dejes remojando esa olla en vez de tener que fregarla durante una hora.
2. (to search)
a. registrar
The police scoured the building, but the thief had already gone.La policía registró el edificio, pero el ladrón ya se había ido.
b. peinar
Everyone turned out to scour the neighborhood, but the missing child was nowhere to be found.Todos acudieron para peinar el barrio, pero el niño perdido no estaba por ningún lado.
c. buscar en
We spent the afternoon scouring the woods for signs of our missing dog.Pasamos la tarde buscando en el bosque señales de nuestro perro.
scrub(
skruhb
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
1. (to scour)
2. (to cancel)
a. cancelar
An unexpected storm is approaching, so we'll have to scrub the game.Una tormenta inesperada se aproxima, así que tendremos que cancelar el partido.
b. borrar
Since style knows no size, the store scrubbed "plus size" from its vocabulary.Como el estilo no conoce talla, la tienda borró "talla extra" de su vocabulario.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
3. (botany)
a. los matorrales (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Make sure to check for ticks after taking a walk through the scrub.Asegúrate de revisar que no tengas garrapatas después de caminar por los matorrales.
a. el reserva (M), la reserva (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Our team has so much talent that there honestly isn't anyone I'd call a scrub.Nuestro equipo tiene tanto talento que honestamente no hay nadie a quien pueda considerar reserva.
scrubs
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
5. (medicine)
a. el uniforme (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The doctor washed her hands and put her surgical scrubs on before going into surgery.La doctora se lavó las manos y se puso el uniforme quirúrgico antes de entrar al quirófano.
b. el pijama sanitario (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I've already bought my scrubs for my hospital practicum.Ya me he comprado mi pijama sanitario para las prácticas en el hospital.
c. el ambo (M) (Southern Cone)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The nurse took off his scrubs before leaving the hospital.El enfermero se quitó el ambo antes de salir del hospital.
