restregar

v.

1 to rub hard.

2 to scrub, to scour out, to rub, to scour.

Ellos restriegan la ropa They scrub the clothes.

3 to repeat over and over, to rub in.

Ella restriega su desamor She rubs in her lack of love.

4 to rub together.

El chico restriega las manos The boy rubs his hands together.

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restregar

Conjugation model [REGAR], like {{link=regar}}regar

► verbo transitivo

1 (frotar) to rub hard

2 (fregar) to scrub

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verb

1) to rub

2) scrub

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VT [con cepillo, estropajo] to scrub; [con trapo] to rub, rub hard

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1.

verbo transitivo <suelo> to scrub; <ropa> to rub, scrub

2.

restregarse v pron (refl) to rub

restregarse los ojos — to rub one's eyes

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= scrub.

Ex. First he cleaned the ink off the forme, laying it on a wooden letter board, loosening the quoins and scrubbing the face of the letter with lye (an alkaline solution of potash in water), and finally rinsing it thoroughly in water = En primer lugar, limpiaba la tinta de la forma, colocándola sobre un tablero de madera, aflojaba las cuñas y restregaba los ojos de las letras con lejías (es decir, una solución alcalina de potasa con agua) y finalmente los aclaraba bien con agua.

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1.

verbo transitivo <suelo> to scrub; <ropa> to rub, scrub

2.

restregarse v pron (refl) to rub

restregarse los ojos — to rub one's eyes

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= scrub.

Ex: First he cleaned the ink off the forme, laying it on a wooden letter board, loosening the quoins and scrubbing the face of the letter with lye (an alkaline solution of potash in water), and finally rinsing it thoroughly in water = En primer lugar, limpiaba la tinta de la forma, colocándola sobre un tablero de madera, aflojaba las cuñas y restregaba los ojos de las letras con lejías (es decir, una solución alcalina de potasa con agua) y finalmente los aclaraba bien con agua.

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restregar [A7 ]

vt

‹suelo› to scrub; ‹ropa› to rub, scrub

■ restregarse

v pron

(refl) to rub

no te restriegues contra la pared, que te vas a manchar don't rub against the wall or you'll get your clothes dirty

restregarse los ojos to rub one's eyes

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restregar (conjugate restregar) verbo transitivo ‹suelo› to scrub;
‹ropa› to rub, scrub
restregarse verbo pronominal (refl) ‹ojos/mejilla› to rub
restregar verbo transitivo
1 (con un paño, cepillo, etc) to rub, scrub
2 fig fam (repasar, refregar) to rub in: ya sé que me timaron, no hace falta que me lo restriegues, I know I was cheated, there is no need to rub it in
'restregar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
nariz
- fregar
English:
rub
- scour
- scrub

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restregar

♦ vt

1. [frotar] to rub hard;

[para limpiar] to scrub

2. [refregar]

se lo estuvo restregando toda la noche he was rubbing it in all evening;

les restregó la derrota en sus narices he really rubbed it in about the defeat

♦ See also the pronominal verb restregarse

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restregar

v/t scrub

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restregar {49} vt

1) : to rub

2) : to scrub

♦ See also the reflexive verb restregarse

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restregar vb (frotar) to scrub [pt. & pp. scrubbed]