esfregar

From Vulgar Latin *exfricāre, from Latin ex- + fricāre (“to rub”), or from an alteration of effricāre.

esfregar

1. to rub

   Synonym: resfregar

• esfregadura

• “esfregar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “esfregar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Attested since the 15th century. From Latin exfricāre.

• IPA^(key): /esfɾeˈɣaɾ/

esfregar (first-person singular present esfrego, first-person singular preterite esfreguei, past participle esfregado)

1. to wash (dishes, clothes)
2. to scrub, brush
3. to rub, graze
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Rufus, Jordanus: Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 121:

     Auen aas uezes que eno collo et eno rrabo do Cauallo fazese sarna et proido que lle arriga da Reiz os cabellos et tanto o faz esfregar que se esfolla en todo.

     Sometimes in the neck and the tail of the horse there is scabies and itch that tear up the hairs by the roots, and made him rub so much that he even flays himself

• esfregadela

• fregar
• refregar

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “esfreg”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esfregar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esfregar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “esfregar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esfregar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exfricāre, from Latin ex- + fricō (“to rub”), or from an alteration of effricāre.

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esfregar (first-person singular present esfrego, first-person singular preterite esfreguei, past participle esfregado)

1. to rub (move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

   Synonyms: atritar, friccionar

2. to clean by rubbing

   Synonyms: lustrar, polir