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Where does “fregar” come from?

fregar (Spanish) comes from Latin fricare, from Latin frico, from Latin frio, from Proto-Italic *friāō.

fregar (Spanish): to wash; to scrub; to peeve, annoy

Definitions

  1. to wash; to scrub; to peeve, annoy

Ancestry of “fregar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfricarepresent active infinitive of fricō; second-person...
2LatinfricoI rub; I chafe
3LatinfrioI crumble, rub, or break into pieces
4Proto-Italic*friāō—

Words derived from “fregar”

  • fregona
  • friegaplatos
  • fregón
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