fregar Present Conjugation
fregar — to scrub
Fregar has an 'e' to 'ie' stem change in all forms except nosotros and vosotros.
fregar Present Forms
When to Use the Present
Use the present tense to talk about current habits, like who usually scrubs the floors or washes the dishes (fregar los platos) in your house.
Notes on fregar in the Present
This is a 'boot verb' where the 'e' becomes 'ie' in the singular and third-person plural forms (friego, friegas, friega, friegan).
Example Sentences
Yo siempre friego los platos después de cenar.
I always scrub the dishes after dinner.
yo
¿Por qué no friegas el suelo de la cocina?
Why don't you scrub the kitchen floor?
tú
Nosotros fregamos la terraza los sábados.
We scrub the terrace on Saturdays.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Using 'frego' instead of 'friego'.
Correct: The correct form is 'friego'.
Why: Learners often forget the stem change (e to ie) in the first-person singular.
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Related Tenses
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).
Negative Imperative
yo: no friegues
Negative commands use 'no' + present subjunctive: no friegues, no freguéis...