refregar

Inherited from Latin refricāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rə.fɾəˈɣa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.fɾeˈɣaɾ]

refregar (first-person singular present refrego, first-person singular preterite refreguí, past participle refregat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to scour, rub hard, scrub
2. to rub again
3. (colloquial, figuratively) to rub in (irritatingly make a point)

• fregar

• “refregar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “refregar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “refregar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “refregar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Latin refricāre.

• IPA^(key): /refɾeˈɣaɾ/

refregar (first-person singular present refrego, first-person singular preterite refreguei, past participle refregado)

1. to rub

• fregar
• esfregar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “refregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “refregar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “refregar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “refregar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “refregar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Latin refricāre.

refregar (first-person singular present refrego, first-person singular preterite refreguei, past participle refregado)

1. (intransitive) to fight

• “refregar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “refregar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From Latin refricāre.

• IPA^(key): /refɾeˈɡaɾ/ [re.fɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧fre‧gar

refregar (first-person singular present refriego, first-person singular preterite refregué, past participle refregado)

1. to rub

   refregarse los ojos ― to rub one's eyes

2. to scrub, scour

   Synonym: restregar

3. to harp on, insist on recalling (something unpleasant)

• “refregar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024