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SPANISH VERB

fregar

to wash up; to scrub

  • #440 most used
  • Irregular -ar verb
  • Gerund: fregando
  • Past participle: fregado

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I wash up
  2. tú you wash up
  3. usted, él, ella he/she washes up
  4. nosotros we wash up
  5. vosotros Spain you all wash up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they wash up

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I washed up
  2. tú you washed up
  3. usted, él, ella he/she washed up
  4. nosotros we washed up
  5. vosotros Spain you all washed up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they washed up

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to wash up
  2. tú you used to wash up
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to wash up
  4. nosotros we used to wash up
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to wash up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to wash up

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will wash up
  2. tú you will wash up
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will wash up
  4. nosotros we will wash up
  5. vosotros Spain you all will wash up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will wash up

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would wash up
  2. tú you would wash up
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would wash up
  4. nosotros we would wash up
  5. vosotros Spain you all would wash up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would wash up

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I wash up
  2. tú (that) you wash up
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she wash up
  4. nosotros (that) we wash up
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all wash up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they wash up

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I washed up
  2. tú (if) you washed up
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she washed up
  4. nosotros (if) we washed up
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all washed up
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they washed up

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú wash up!
  2. usted wash up! (formal)
  3. nosotros wash up! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain wash up! (all of you)
  5. ustedes wash up! (all of you)

How to use fregar

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Yo cocino y mi marido friega los platos.

    I cook and my husband does the dishes.

  2. Past

    Fregué el suelo de la cocina esta mañana.

    I mopped the kitchen floor this morning.

  3. Imperfect

    En casa de mis padres fregábamos por turnos.

    At my parents' house we took turns washing up.

  4. Future

    Fregaré los platos después del partido, te lo prometo.

    I'll do the dishes after the match, I promise.

  5. Conditional

    Yo fregaría ahora, antes de que se seque la comida.

    I'd wash up now, before the food dries on.

  6. Present subjunctive

    Mamá quiere que friegues la sartén antes de irte.

    Mum wants you to wash the frying pan before you go.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Mi madre insistió en que fregara el baño el sábado.

    My mother insisted I scrub the bathroom on Saturday.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Friega los vasos, que vienen los invitados!

    Wash the glasses, the guests are coming!

Good to know

  • In Spain "fregar los platos" is to do the dishes and "fregar el suelo" is to mop the floor.

Where you hear fregar

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 1

  • Friego los platos después de comer. I wash the dishes after eating.
  • Ayer fregué los platos. Yesterday I washed the dishes.
  • Mañana voy a fregar yo. Tomorrow I'm going to do the washing up.
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A Widow From Seville

Advanced Level 1 · no friega · fregar

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