frustrar
Spanish, verb/fɾusˈtɾaɾ/
frustrar is spelled F-R-U-S-T-R-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,997th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frustrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to frustrate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estropear o conseguir que algo no salga bien”.
What does frustrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to frustrate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Estropear o conseguir que algo no salga bien. 2. Impedir la concreción de algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of frustrar
- frustro first-person present singular
- frustré first-person preterite singular
- frustrado participle past
- frustrando gerund
- frustrada feminine participle past
- frustrados masculine participle past
- frustradas feminine participle past
- frustras indicative informal present
- frustrás indicative informal present
- frustra indicative present singular
- frustramos first-person indicative plural
- frustráis indicative plural present
- frustran indicative plural present
- frustraba first-person imperfect indicative
- frustrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- frustrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- frustrabais imperfect indicative plural
- frustraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frustrar?
- /fɾusˈtɾaɾ/
- [fɾusˈt̪ɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frustrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frustrar in Spanish?
frustrar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).