frega

See also: fregá

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɾɛ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈfɾə.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfɾe.ɣa]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from fregar.

Noun

frega f (plural fregues)

1. massage (therapeutic)

Etymology 2

Verb

frega

1. inflection of fregar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɛɡa/ [ˈfɾɛ.ɣ̞ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈfɾɛɡa/ [ˈfɾɛ.ɣ̞ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈfɾɛħa/ [ˈfɾɛ.ħɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɛɡa

• Rhymes: -ɛɡa
• Rhymes: -ɛħa

Noun

frega f (plural fregas)

1. a rubbing or scrubbing
2. a beating, spanking

   Synonyms: malleira, azouta, tunda

Verb

frega

1. inflection of fregar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “frega” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
• “frega”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
• “frega”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfre.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -eɡa
• Hyphenation: fré‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from fregare (“to rub”) +‎ -a.

Noun

frega f (plural freghe)

1. (in the plural) synonym of fregagione
2. (zoology) heat, especially of fish

   Synonym: fregola

3. (figurative, archaic) craving, thirst

   Synonyms: fregola, frenesia, smania

4. (regional) synonym of frego (“lots, stacks”)

Further reading

• frega in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

frega

1. inflection of fregare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese esfregar.

Verb

frega

1. to rub

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish fregar and Portuguese esfregar and Kabuverdianu frega.

Verb

frega

1. to rub