fregado

Galician

Participle

fregado (feminine fregada, masculine plural fregados, feminine plural fregadas)

1. past participle of fregar

Spanish

Etymology

Participle of fregar (“to scrub, wash”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾeˈɡado/ [fɾeˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: fre‧ga‧do

Adjective

fregado (feminine fregada, masculine plural fregados, feminine plural fregadas)

1. (colloquial, Latin America) annoying, quarrelsome, complicated

Noun

fregado m (plural fregados)

1. mop; mopping (action)
2. washing up (action of washing up)
3. pickle; trouble; mess
4. row; argument; fight

Participle

fregado (feminine fregada, masculine plural fregados, feminine plural fregadas)

1. past participle of fregar

Further reading

• “fregado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014