Rub

"Rub" in Spanish

frotación

(act of rubbing)

frotamiento

(act of rubbing)

frote

(act of rubbing)

colidir (desus.)

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

estregar

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

fregar

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

fricar

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

friccionar

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

frotar

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

frotar

(to rub something against (a second thing))

frotarse

(to be rubbed against something)

ludir

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

refregar

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

refrotar

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

resobar

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

restregar

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

sobar

(to move one object while maintaining contact with another object over some area)

ungir

(to spread a substance thinly over; to smear)

untar

(to spread a substance thinly over; to smear)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.