fregar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
fregar — to scrub
Commands for fregar: friega (tú), fregad (vosotros), friegue (usted).
fregar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this when you need to tell someone to start cleaning or scrubbing immediately.
Notes on fregar in the Affirmative Imperative
The 'tú' and 'usted' forms use the 'ie' stem change. The 'usted' form also uses the 'gu' spelling change.
Example Sentences
¡Friega los platos ahora mismo!
Scrub the dishes right now!
tú
Friegue usted el suelo mientras yo limpio el polvo.
Scrub the floor (formal) while I dust.
Freguemos la cocina juntos.
Let's scrub the kitchen together.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'frega' for the tú command.
Correct: The correct command is 'friega'.
Why: Informal singular commands usually match the third-person singular present, which has the 'ie' change.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: friego
Fregar has an 'e' to 'ie' stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
Preterite
yo: fregué
Fregar has a spelling change (g to gu) in the 'yo' form: fregué.
Imperfect
yo: fregaba
Fregar is completely regular in the imperfect: fregaba, fregabas, fregaba...
Future
yo: fregaré
Fregar is regular in the future; just add the endings to the infinitive: fregaré, fregarás...
Conditional
yo: fregaría
Fregar is regular in the conditional: fregaría, fregarías, fregaría...
Present Subjunctive
yo: friegue
The present subjunctive of fregar features both a stem change (e to ie) and a spelling change (g to gu).
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: fregara
Based on the preterite 'fregaron', this tense is fregara, fregaras, fregara...
Negative Imperative
yo: no friegues
Negative commands use 'no' + present subjunctive: no friegues, no freguéis...