fregar Imperfect Subjunctive Conjugation
fregar — to scrub
Based on the preterite 'fregaron', this tense is fregara, fregaras, fregara...
fregar Imperfect Subjunctive Forms
When to Use the Imperfect Subjunctive
Use this for hypotheticals or past requests, like 'If you scrubbed more often, the house would be clean.'
Notes on fregar in the Imperfect Subjunctive
Fregar is regular here relative to its preterite form. There is no stem change (no 'ie'), just the standard endings.
Example Sentences
Si fregaras el suelo, no estaría tan sucio.
If you scrubbed the floor, it wouldn't be so dirty.
tú
Ojalá ellos fregaran sus propios platos.
I wish they would scrub their own dishes.
ellos/ellas/ustedes
Me pidió que yo fregara la entrada.
He asked me to scrub the entrance.
yo
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using a stem change like 'friegara'.
Correct: The correct form is 'fregara'.
Why: The imperfect subjunctive is built from the 3rd person plural preterite (fregaron), which does not have a stem 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).
Affirmative Imperative
yo: friega
Commands for fregar: friega (tú), fregad (vosotros), friegue (usted).
Negative Imperative
yo: no friegues
Negative commands use 'no' + present subjunctive: no friegues, no freguéis...