freca

See also: frecă

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *frekô (“an active or eager man, warrior, wolf”), from *frekaz (“active, bold, desirous, greedy”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfre.kɑ/
• Hyphenation: fre‧ca

Noun

freca m

1. warrior

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cempa

2. hero, brave man

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	freca	frecan
accusative	frecan	frecan
genitive	frecan	frecena
dative	frecan	frecum

Descendants

• English: freak

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-o-s

Proto-Italic *frios

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin friō

Latin -ic-

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Latin -ō

Latin -icō

Latin fricāre

Romanian freca

Inherited from Latin fricāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /freˈka/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: fre‧ca

Verb

a freca (third-person singular present freacă, past participle frecat, third-person subjunctive frece) 1st conjugation

1. (transitive) to rub

   a își freca mâinile ― to rub one’s hands

   se freca la ochi ― to rub one’s eyes

2. (reflexive) to rub against [with de]

   Hainele îmi sunt pătate cu var fiindcă m-am frecat de zid.

   My clothes are stained with whitewash because I rubbed against the wall.

3. (transitive, of egg whites) to beat
4. (transitive, colloquial, figurative) to give a beating
5. (transitive, colloquial) short for freca la cap (“to bother”)
6. (transitive, impersonal, colloquial, derogatory) short for îl freca grija (“to be unduly concerned in somebody’s business”)
   • 2006, Corneliu Porumboiu, 52:16 from the start, in Corneliu Porumboiu, director, A fost sau n-a fost? [12:08 East of Bucharest], spoken by Vasile Rebegea (Ion Apostoliu), Independența Film:

     ―Da’ ce tot te freacă pe tine, măi, ce-am făcut eu cu bradul meu?

     “Tell me already, what do you care so much what I did with my Christmas tree?”

7. (transitive, slang, dated, education) to examine rigourously
   • 1987 April, Oarga Petrișor Horia, letter to the editor, in Cinema‎^[1], year 25, number 291, page 11:

     Din amfiteatru — suspens! — a ieșit un coleg! Deschid la maximum urechile. „Cît?“ „6!“ „Cum îi proful?“ „Te freacă?“

     Out of the lecture hall—what suspense!—came out a fellow student! I open my ears to the max. “What grade?” “A six!” “How’s the professor?” “Is he severe?”

Conjugation

    conjugation of freca (first conjugation, no infix)

infinitive			a freca
gerund			frecând
past participle			frecat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	frec	freci	freacă	frecăm	frecați	freacă
	imperfect	frecam	frecai	freca	frecam	frecați	frecau
	simple perfect	frecai	frecași	frecă	frecarăm	frecarăți	frecară
	pluperfect	frecasem	frecaseși	frecase	frecaserăm	frecaserăți	frecaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să frec	să freci	să frece	să frecăm	să frecați	să frece
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		freacă			frecați
	negative		nu freca			nu frecați

Derived terms

• freca la cap
• freca la melodie
• freca menta
• freca ridichea
• frecare
• frecătoare
• frecător
• frecătură
• frecuș
• îl freca grija
• o freca
• o freca la rece

Related terms

• frecție
• fricțiune

Further reading

• “freca”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026