fregotear

Spanish

Etymology

From fregar +‎ -ote.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾeɡoteˈaɾ/ [fɾe.ɣ̞o.t̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fre‧go‧te‧ar

Verb

fregotear (first-person singular present fregoteo, first-person singular preterite fregoteé, past participle fregoteado)

1. (colloquial) to scrub; to give a quick scrubbing

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fregotear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fregotear
gerund			fregoteando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fregoteado		fregoteada
		plural		fregoteados		fregoteadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fregoteo	fregoteastú fregoteásvos	fregotea	fregoteamos	fregoteáis	fregotean
	imperfect	fregoteaba	fregoteabas	fregoteaba	fregoteábamos	fregoteabais	fregoteaban
	preterite	fregoteé	fregoteaste	fregoteó	fregoteamos	fregoteasteis	fregotearon
	future	fregotearé	fregotearás	fregoteará	fregotearemos	fregotearéis	fregotearán
	conditional	fregotearía	fregotearías	fregotearía	fregotearíamos	fregotearíais	fregotearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	fregotee	fregoteestú fregoteésvos2	fregotee	fregoteemos	fregoteéis	fregoteen
	imperfect (ra)	fregoteara	fregotearas	fregoteara	fregoteáramos	fregotearais	fregotearan
	imperfect (se)	fregotease	fregoteases	fregotease	fregoteásemos	fregoteaseis	fregoteasen
	future1	fregoteare	fregoteares	fregoteare	fregoteáremos	fregoteareis	fregotearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fregoteatú fregoteávos	fregotee	fregoteemos	fregotead	fregoteen
	negative		no fregotees	no fregotee	no fregoteemos	no fregoteéis	no fregoteen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of fregotear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive fregotear	dative	fregotearme	fregotearte	fregotearle, fregotearse	fregotearnos	fregotearos	fregotearles, fregotearse
	accusative	fregotearme	fregotearte	fregotearlo, fregotearla, fregotearse	fregotearnos	fregotearos	fregotearlos, fregotearlas, fregotearse
with gerund fregoteando	dative	fregoteándome	fregoteándote	fregoteándole, fregoteándose	fregoteándonos	fregoteándoos	fregoteándoles, fregoteándose
	accusative	fregoteándome	fregoteándote	fregoteándolo, fregoteándola, fregoteándose	fregoteándonos	fregoteándoos	fregoteándolos, fregoteándolas, fregoteándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative fregotea	dative	fregotéame	fregotéate	fregotéale	fregotéanos	not used	fregotéales
	accusative	fregotéame	fregotéate	fregotéalo, fregotéala	fregotéanos	not used	fregotéalos, fregotéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative fregoteá	dative	fregoteame	fregoteate	fregoteale	fregoteanos	not used	fregoteales
	accusative	fregoteame	fregoteate	fregotealo, fregoteala	fregoteanos	not used	fregotealos, fregotealas
with formal second-person singular imperative fregotee	dative	fregotéeme	not used	fregotéele, fregotéese	fregotéenos	not used	fregotéeles
	accusative	fregotéeme	not used	fregotéelo, fregotéela, fregotéese	fregotéenos	not used	fregotéelos, fregotéelas
with first-person plural imperative fregoteemos	dative	not used	fregoteémoste	fregoteémosle	fregoteémonos	fregoteémoos	fregoteémosles
	accusative	not used	fregoteémoste	fregoteémoslo, fregoteémosla	fregoteémonos	fregoteémoos	fregoteémoslos, fregoteémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fregotead	dative	fregoteadme	not used	fregoteadle	fregoteadnos	fregoteaos	fregoteadles
	accusative	fregoteadme	not used	fregoteadlo, fregoteadla	fregoteadnos	fregoteaos	fregoteadlos, fregoteadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative fregoteen	dative	fregotéenme	not used	fregotéenle	fregotéennos	not used	fregotéenles, fregotéense
	accusative	fregotéenme	not used	fregotéenlo, fregotéenla	fregotéennos	not used	fregotéenlos, fregotéenlas, fregotéense

Further reading

• “fregotear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025