fregar

to wash

fregar(freh-gahr)

transitive verb

1. (to make clean)

a. to wash

¿Has fregado las tazas?

Have you washed the cups?

b. to clean

¿Has fregado los cristales de las ventanas?

Have you cleaned the windows?

c. to scrub

Friega las cacerolas con el estropajo.

Scrub the pans with the scrubby.

2. (to wipe with a mop)

(Mexico)

(Spain)

a. to mop

Ten cuidado; acabo de fregar el suelo.

Be careful; I just mopped the floor.

3. (to harass)

(Latin America)

a. to annoy

Deja de fregar a mi hermano o tendremos pelea.

Stop annoying my brother or we're going to fall out.

b. to pester

Mi ex me fregaba a todas horas mandándome mensajes al celular.

My ex used to pester me with text messages all the time.

c. to bother

Sigue fregándome y te llevarás un puñetazo.

If you keep bothering me, I'm going to punch you.

4. (to spoil)

(Latin America)

a. to ruin

Este resfriado me va a fregar el fin de semana.

This cold is going to ruin my weekend.

b. to mess up

Sus padres volvieron antes de tiempo y nos fregaron la noche.

Their parents came back early and messed up the evening for us.

5.

(colloquial)

(to murder)

(Mexico)

a. to off

(colloquial)

Al Chucho lo fregaron saliendo del antro.

They offed Chucho as he was coming out of the club.

intransitive verb

6. (to clean the dirty dishes)

a. to wash the dishes

Me gusta cocinar, pero no fregar.

I like cooking, but not washing the dishes.

b. to do the dishes

¡Qué postre más rico! ¿Ahora quién va a fregar?

What a delicious dessert! Now who's going to do the dishes?

c. to do the washing-up (United Kingdom)

No te olvides de fregar antes de irte.

Don't forget to do the washing-up before leaving.

d. to wash up (United Kingdom)

Yo seco, pero le toca a Eduardo fregar.

I'll dry, but it's Eduardo's turn to wash up.

7. (to rub)

a. to scrub

Si no quieres fregar, deja los platos en remojo.

If you don't want to scrub, leave the dishes to soak.

8.

(colloquial)

(to cause annoyance)

(Latin America)

a. to be a nuisance

Ya está el chico de arriba fregando otra vez con esa música.

There's the guy from upstairs being a nuisance with that music again.

9.

(colloquial)

(to joke)

a. to kid

(colloquial)

¡No friegues! ¿De verdad viste a Elvis ayer?

You're kidding! Did you really see Elvis yesterday?

10.

(colloquial)

(to achieve)

(Mexico)

a. to do

¿A poco llevaron el premio mayor? - Sí, ¡ya fregamos!

Did you really win the grand prize? - Yeah, we did it!

fregarse

pronominal verb

11. (to spoil)

(Latin America)

a. to be ruined

El concierto se fregó cuando apareció la policía.

The concert was ruined when the police showed up.

b. to be messed up

Se fregaron mis vacaciones; tengo que trabajar esa semana.

That's my holidays messed up; I have to work that week.

12.

(colloquial)

(to put up with)

(Latin America)

a. to deal with

Me vale que no te gustan las verduras; te friegas y te las comes.

I couldn't care less that you don't like vegetables; you'll just have to deal with it and eat them.

13.

(colloquial)

(to damage)

(Latin America)

a. to do in

(colloquial)

Me fregué las rodillas esquiando.

I did my knees in skiing.

fregar

transitive verb

1. (limpiar)

a. to wash

fregar los platosto wash the dishes to do the washing-up

fregar el sueloto mop the floor

2. (frotar)

a. to scrub

3. (colloquial)

a. to bother, to pester

4. (estropear)

a. to bust

intransitive verb

5. (limpiar)

a. to clean

6. (frotar)

a. to scrub

7. (limpiar los platos)

a. to wash the dishes

b. to do the washing-up (United Kingdom)

8. (colloquial)

a. to be a pain

¡no friegues!you're kidding!, you can't be serious!

pronominal verb

9. (colloquial)

a.

se nos han fregado las vacacionesthat's gone and messed our holidays up

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fregar

transitive verb

1 (limpiar) (con fregona) to mop; wash; (con estropajo, cepillo) to scrub; (con esponja, trapo) to wash

me hacía trabajar para ella fregando escaleras El domingo por la tarde ordenó fregar minuciosamente con alcohol los dos reactores de ejecutivos.

fregar los cacharros o los platos to wash the dishes; do the washing up; wash up

te toca a ti hoy fregar los cacharros

2 (Latinoamérica) (fastidiar) [+persona] to annoy

lo hicieron para fregar a la competencia they did it to annoy the competition; ¡no me friegues! (expresando molestia) don't be a nuisance!; stop bothering me!; (expresando asombro) you're kidding! (familiar)

fregar la paciencia o (familiar) la cachimba a algn (Chile) to pester sb (familiar)

3 (Latinoamérica) (malograr) [+planes] to ruin; mess up; [+fiesta] to ruin; [+aparato] to wreck

me fregaron con el cambio de horario the timetable change really messed me up; le fregaron el taxi con el choque his taxi was wrecked in the crash

4 (S. Cone) to fuck (vulgar); screw (vulgar)

5 (Caribe) (pegar) to beat up; (Dep) to beat; thrash

intransitive verb

1 (fregar los platos) to wash the dishes; do the washing up; wash up

siempre friega después de comer Las mujeres siguen limpiando la casa, arreglando la ropa, lavando, cocinando, planchando, haciendo la compra, fregando, atendiendo a parientes enfermos y llevando los niños al colegio

2 (fregar el suelo) (con fregona) to wash the floor; mop the floor; (con cepillo) to scrub the floor

no entres en el salón que estoy fregando son mujeres eminentemente prácticas, barren y friegan, andan entre pucheros,

3 (Latinoamérica) (molestar) to annoy

ya viene el vecino a fregar otra vez here comes the neighbour to annoy us again; ¡no friegues! (expresando asombro) you're kidding! (familiar)

pronominal verb

fregarse (Latinoamérica)

1 (aguantarse)

unos pocos se llenan los bolsillos y nosotros nos tenemos que fregar a few line their pockets and we have to grin and bear it; si nos descubren, nos fregamos if they find us, we've had it o we're done for (familiar)

2 (malograrse) [+planes] to be ruined; be messed up; [+fiesta] to be ruined

3 (dañarse) [+pierna, rodilla] to do in (familiar)

me fregué la espalda levantando sacos I did my back in lifting sacks (familiar)