restregar

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ estregar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /restɾeˈɡaɾ/ [res.t̪ɾeˈɣ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: res‧tre‧gar

Verb

restregar (first-person singular present restriego, first-person singular preterite restregué, past participle restregado)

1. (transitive) to scour, rub hard, scrub

   Synonym: fregar

2. (transitive, colloquial, figuratively) to rub in (irritatingly make a point)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of restregar (e-ie alternation; g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			restregar
gerund			restregando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		restregado		restregada
		plural		restregados		restregadas
		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	restriego	restriegastú restregásvos	restriega	restregamos	restregáis	restriegan
	imperfect	restregaba	restregabas	restregaba	restregábamos	restregabais	restregaban
	preterite	restregué	restregaste	restregó	restregamos	restregasteis	restregaron
	future	restregaré	restregarás	restregará	restregaremos	restregaréis	restregarán
	conditional	restregaría	restregarías	restregaría	restregaríamos	restregaríais	restregarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	restriegue	restrieguestú restreguésvos2	restriegue	restreguemos	restreguéis	restrieguen
	imperfect (ra)	restregara	restregaras	restregara	restregáramos	restregarais	restregaran
	imperfect (se)	restregase	restregases	restregase	restregásemos	restregaseis	restregasen
	future1	restregare	restregares	restregare	restregáremos	restregareis	restregaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		restriegatú restregávos	restriegue	restreguemos	restregad	restrieguen
	negative		no restriegues	no restriegue	no restreguemos	no restreguéis	no restrieguen

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

    Selected combined forms of restregar (e-ie alternation; g-gu alternation)

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 restregar
	dative	restregarme	restregarte	restregarle, restregarse	restregarnos	restregaros	restregarles, restregarse
	accusative	restregarme	restregarte	restregarlo, restregarla, restregarse	restregarnos	restregaros	restregarlos, restregarlas, restregarse
with gerund restregando
	dative	restregándome	restregándote	restregándole, restregándose	restregándonos	restregándoos	restregándoles, restregándose
	accusative	restregándome	restregándote	restregándolo, restregándola, restregándose	restregándonos	restregándoos	restregándolos, restregándolas, restregándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative restriega
	dative	restriégame	restriégate	restriégale	restriéganos	not used	restriégales
	accusative	restriégame	restriégate	restriégalo, restriégala	restriéganos	not used	restriégalos, restriégalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative restregá
	dative	restregame	restregate	restregale	restreganos	not used	restregales
	accusative	restregame	restregate	restregalo, restregala	restreganos	not used	restregalos, restregalas
with formal second-person singular imperative restriegue
	dative	restriégueme	not used	restriéguele, restriéguese	restriéguenos	not used	restriégueles
	accusative	restriégueme	not used	restriéguelo, restriéguela, restriéguese	restriéguenos	not used	restriéguelos, restriéguelas
with first-person plural imperative restreguemos
	dative	not used	restreguémoste	restreguémosle	restreguémonos	restreguémoos	restreguémosles
	accusative	not used	restreguémoste	restreguémoslo, restreguémosla	restreguémonos	restreguémoos	restreguémoslos, restreguémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative restregad
	dative	restregadme	not used	restregadle	restregadnos	restregaos	restregadles
	accusative	restregadme	not used	restregadlo, restregadla	restregadnos	restregaos	restregadlos, restregadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative restrieguen
	dative	restriéguenme	not used	restriéguenle	restriéguennos	not used	restriéguenles, restriéguense
	accusative	restriéguenme	not used	restriéguenlo, restriéguenla	restriéguennos	not used	restriéguenlos, restriéguenlas, restriéguense

Derived terms

• restregar la cebolleta

 

Further reading

• “restregar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28