fretar

Galician

Alternative forms

• afretar

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese fretar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French fret (“freight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾeˈtaɾ/

Verb

fretar (first-person singular present freto, first-person singular preterite fretei, past participle fretado)

1. to affreight
   • 1433, A. Rodríguez González & J. Armas Castro (eds.), Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 32:

     afreto de vos Juan de Bayona, marineiro, besiño da villa de Pontevedra, que sodes presente, a barcha que dizen por nome San Salvador, que Deus salve, de que vos sodes mestre, para que prasendo a Deus, carrege ẽna dita barcha tres mill çeramis de millo, medidos por la medida dereita da praça da dita villa de Pontevedra, para a costa de Biscaya, a qual dita barcha deve de ser cargada do dito millo doje ata quinse dias segintes et dende partir con a boa ventura do primeiro boo tenpo que lle Deus der et en segimento de seu biajen ata o porto de Laredo et ende pousar ancla et estar tres dias hũu en pos de outro et enton devo eu, o dito mercador de dar devisa se iremos descargar aa vila de Vermeu ou aa vila de San Sabastian

     I affreigt from you, Xoán de Baiona, sailor, citizen of the town of Pontevedra, here present, the ship called San Salvador, God bless her, whose master you are, for, if God pleases, loading aboard that ship three thousand bushels of millet, as measured by the right measure of the marketplace of the aforementioned town of Pontevedra, bound for the coast of Biscay; and the aforementioned ship must be loaded with the mentioned millet from today till fifteen next days, and then to depart with good winds during the first good weather God gives, and following her journey till the harbour of Laredo, and there to cast anchor and stay for three days in a row, and then I, the aforementioned merchant, should send a message of whether we should go unload at the town of Bermeo or at the town of San Sebastian.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fretar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fretar
Personal	fretar	fretares	fretar	fretarmos	fretardes	fretaren
Gerund
	fretando
Past participle
Masculine	fretado			fretados
Feminine	fretada			fretadas
Indicative
Present	freto	fretas	freta	fretamos	fretades	fretan
Imperfect	fretaba	fretabas	fretaba	fretabamos	fretabades	fretaban
Preterite	fretei	fretaches	fretou	fretamos	fretastes	fretaron
Pluperfect	fretara	fretaras	fretara	fretaramos	fretarades	fretaran
Future	fretarei	fretarás	fretará	fretaremos	fretaredes	fretarán
Conditional	fretaría	fretarías	fretaría	fretariamos	fretariades	fretarían
Subjunctive
Present	frete	fretes	frete	fretemos	fretedes	freten
Imperfect	fretase	fretases	fretase	fretásemos	fretásedes	fretasen
Future	fretar	fretares	fretar	fretarmos	fretardes	fretaren
Imperative
Affirmative		freta	frete	fretemos	fretade	freten
Negative (non)		non fretes	non frete	non fretemos	non fretedes	non freten

    Reintegrated conjugation of fretar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fretar
Personal	fretar	fretares	fretar	fretarmos	fretardes	fretarem
Gerund
	fretando
Past participle
Masculine	fretado			fretados
Feminine	fretada			fretadas
Indicative
Present	freto	fretas	freta	fretamos	fretades, fretais	fretam
Imperfect	fretava	fretavas	fretava	fretávamos	fretávades, fretáveis, fretávais1	fretavam
Preterite	fretei	fretaste, fretache1	fretou	fretamos	fretastes	fretárom, fretaram
Pluperfect	fretara	fretaras	fretara	fretáramos	fretárades, fretáreis, fretárais1	fretaram
Future	fretarei	fretarás	fretará	fretaremos	fretaredes, fretareis	fretarám, fretarão
Conditional	fretaria	fretarias	fretaria	fretaríamos	fretaríades, fretaríeis, fretaríais1	fretariam
Subjunctive
Present	frete	fretes	frete	fretemos	fretedes, freteis	fretem
Imperfect	fretasse	fretasses	fretasse	fretássemos	fretássedes, fretásseis	fretassem
Future	fretar	fretares	fretar	fretarmos	fretardes	fretarem
Imperative
Affirmative		freta	frete	fretemos	fretade, fretai	fretem
Negative (nom)		nom fretes	nom frete	nom fretemos	nom fretedes, nom freteis	nom fretem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• frete

Etymology 2

From Old French frotter (“to rub”). Cognate with Spanish frotar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾeˈtaɾ/

Verb

fretar (first-person singular present freto, first-person singular preterite fretei, past participle fretado)

1. to rub
2. to chafe

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fretar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fretar
Personal	fretar	fretares	fretar	fretarmos	fretardes	fretaren
Gerund
	fretando
Past participle
Masculine	fretado			fretados
Feminine	fretada			fretadas
Indicative
Present	freto	fretas	freta	fretamos	fretades	fretan
Imperfect	fretaba	fretabas	fretaba	fretabamos	fretabades	fretaban
Preterite	fretei	fretaches	fretou	fretamos	fretastes	fretaron
Pluperfect	fretara	fretaras	fretara	fretaramos	fretarades	fretaran
Future	fretarei	fretarás	fretará	fretaremos	fretaredes	fretarán
Conditional	fretaría	fretarías	fretaría	fretariamos	fretariades	fretarían
Subjunctive
Present	frete	fretes	frete	fretemos	fretedes	freten
Imperfect	fretase	fretases	fretase	fretásemos	fretásedes	fretasen
Future	fretar	fretares	fretar	fretarmos	fretardes	fretaren
Imperative
Affirmative		freta	frete	fretemos	fretade	freten
Negative (non)		non fretes	non frete	non fretemos	non fretedes	non freten

    Reintegrated conjugation of fretar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fretar
Personal	fretar	fretares	fretar	fretarmos	fretardes	fretarem
Gerund
	fretando
Past participle
Masculine	fretado			fretados
Feminine	fretada			fretadas
Indicative
Present	freto	fretas	freta	fretamos	fretades, fretais	fretam
Imperfect	fretava	fretavas	fretava	fretávamos	fretávades, fretáveis, fretávais1	fretavam
Preterite	fretei	fretaste, fretache1	fretou	fretamos	fretastes	fretárom, fretaram
Pluperfect	fretara	fretaras	fretara	fretáramos	fretárades, fretáreis, fretárais1	fretaram
Future	fretarei	fretarás	fretará	fretaremos	fretaredes, fretareis	fretarám, fretarão
Conditional	fretaria	fretarias	fretaria	fretaríamos	fretaríades, fretaríeis, fretaríais1	fretariam
Subjunctive
Present	frete	fretes	frete	fretemos	fretedes, freteis	fretem
Imperfect	fretasse	fretasses	fretasse	fretássemos	fretássedes, fretásseis	fretassem
Future	fretar	fretares	fretar	fretarmos	fretardes	fretarem
Imperative
Affirmative		freta	frete	fretemos	fretade, fretai	fretem
Negative (nom)		nom fretes	nom frete	nom fretemos	nom fretedes, nom freteis	nom fretem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• freta

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fretar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fret”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fretar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “fretar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fretar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “fretar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fretar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From frete +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾeˈta(ʁ)/ [fɾeˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾeˈta(ʁ)/ [fɾeˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /fɾeˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /fɾeˈta(ʁ)/ [fɾeˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fɾeˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɨˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɨˈtaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾɨˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: fre‧tar

Verb

fretar (first-person singular present freto, first-person singular preterite fretei, past participle fretado)(transitive)

1. to affreight (give or take (a means of transport) during a given period of time and upon payment of a stipulated amount)
2. to hire
3. to load
4. to equip
5. agree to carry out (a service or a task) against payment of an established amount (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fretar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	fretar
Personal	fretar	fretares	fretar	fretarmos	fretardes	fretarem
Gerund
	fretando
Past participle
Masculine	fretado			fretados
Feminine	fretada			fretadas
Indicative
Present	freto	fretas	freta	fretamos	fretais	fretam
Imperfect	fretava	fretavas	fretava	fretávamos	fretáveis	fretavam
Preterite	fretei	fretaste	fretou	fretamos1, fretámos2	fretastes	fretaram
Pluperfect	fretara	fretaras	fretara	fretáramos	fretáreis	fretaram
Future	fretarei	fretarás	fretará	fretaremos	fretareis	fretarão
Conditional	fretaria	fretarias	fretaria	fretaríamos	fretaríeis	fretariam
Subjunctive
Present	frete	fretes	frete	fretemos	freteis	fretem
Imperfect	fretasse	fretasses	fretasse	fretássemos	fretásseis	fretassem
Future	fretar	fretares	fretar	fretarmos	fretardes	fretarem
Imperative
Affirmative		freta	frete	fretemos	fretai	fretem
Negative (não)		não fretes	não frete	não fretemos	não freteis	não fretem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾeˈtaɾ/ [fɾeˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: fre‧tar

Verb

fretar (first-person singular present freto, first-person singular preterite freté, past participle fretado)

1. (transitive) to rub, scrub

Conjugation

    Conjugation of fretar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			fretar
gerund			fretando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		fretado		fretada
		plural		fretados		fretadas
		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	freto	fretastú fretásvos	freta	fretamos	fretáis	fretan
	imperfect	fretaba	fretabas	fretaba	fretábamos	fretabais	fretaban
	preterite	freté	fretaste	fretó	fretamos	fretasteis	fretaron
	future	fretaré	fretarás	fretará	fretaremos	fretaréis	fretarán
	conditional	fretaría	fretarías	fretaría	fretaríamos	fretaríais	fretarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	frete	fretestú fretésvos2	frete	fretemos	fretéis	freten
	imperfect (ra)	fretara	fretaras	fretara	fretáramos	fretarais	fretaran
	imperfect (se)	fretase	fretases	fretase	fretásemos	fretaseis	fretasen
	future1	fretare	fretares	fretare	fretáremos	fretareis	fretaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		fretatú fretávos	frete	fretemos	fretad	freten
	negative		no fretes	no frete	no fretemos	no fretéis	no freten

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of fretar

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 fretar
	dative	fretarme	fretarte	fretarle, fretarse	fretarnos	fretaros	fretarles, fretarse
	accusative	fretarme	fretarte	fretarlo, fretarla, fretarse	fretarnos	fretaros	fretarlos, fretarlas, fretarse
with gerund fretando
	dative	fretándome	fretándote	fretándole, fretándose	fretándonos	fretándoos	fretándoles, fretándose
	accusative	fretándome	fretándote	fretándolo, fretándola, fretándose	fretándonos	fretándoos	fretándolos, fretándolas, fretándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative freta
	dative	frétame	frétate	frétale	frétanos	not used	frétales
	accusative	frétame	frétate	frétalo, frétala	frétanos	not used	frétalos, frétalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative fretá
	dative	fretame	fretate	fretale	fretanos	not used	fretales
	accusative	fretame	fretate	fretalo, fretala	fretanos	not used	fretalos, fretalas
with formal second-person singular imperative frete
	dative	fréteme	not used	frétele, frétese	frétenos	not used	frételes
	accusative	fréteme	not used	frételo, frétela, frétese	frétenos	not used	frételos, frételas
with first-person plural imperative fretemos
	dative	not used	fretémoste	fretémosle	fretémonos	fretémoos	fretémosles
	accusative	not used	fretémoste	fretémoslo, fretémosla	fretémonos	fretémoos	fretémoslos, fretémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative fretad
	dative	fretadme	not used	fretadle	fretadnos	fretaos	fretadles
	accusative	fretadme	not used	fretadlo, fretadla	fretadnos	fretaos	fretadlos, fretadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative freten
	dative	frétenme	not used	frétenle	frétennos	not used	frétenles, frétense
	accusative	frétenme	not used	frétenlo, frétenla	frétennos	not used	frétenlos, frétenlas, frétense

Further reading

• “fretar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28