fregar Negative Imperative Conjugation
fregar — to scrub
Negative commands use 'no' + present subjunctive: no friegues, no freguéis...
fregar Negative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Negative Imperative
Use this to tell someone NOT to scrub something, perhaps because it's delicate or already clean.
Notes on fregar in the Negative Imperative
Like the present subjunctive, these forms use the 'gu' spelling change and (except for nosotros/vosotros) the 'ie' stem change.
Example Sentences
No friegues esa sartén, es antiadherente.
Don't scrub 그 pan; it's non-stick.
tú
No freguéis el suelo todavía, está mojado.
Don't scrub the floor yet; it's wet.
vosotros
No friegue usted con ese cepillo tan duro.
Don't scrub (formal) with that hard brush.
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Saying 'no friegas'.
Correct: The correct form is 'no friegues'.
Why: Negative commands must use the subjunctive forms, not the indicative.
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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...
Affirmative Imperative
yo: friega
Commands for fregar: friega (tú), fregad (vosotros), friegue (usted).