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/Sounds like "freh" (as in "fresh") + "gah" (as in "garden") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "rah" (as in "rapper")/

Meaning

A nonstop, grinding annoyance that wears you down over time. In Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, and Central America, a fregadera is any persistent irritation: a person who keeps bugging you, a task that never ends, or a situation that just will not go away no matter what you do.

Examples

Ya con la fregadera de la tarea todos los días, ni descanso tenemos.

Between the homework every single day we never get a break.

Ese cliente es una fregadera, llama tres veces al día por lo mismo.

That client is such a pain, he calls three times a day about the same thing.

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Regional synonyms

In Colombia, to be completely head over heels for someone, so smitten or infatuated that it clouds your judgment and gets in the way of everything else in your life. When you are encucado, that person is basically all you can think about.