frustração
Portuguese, noun/fɾus.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
frustração is spelled F-R-U-S-T-R-A-Ç-Ã-O (10 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,972nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frustração is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “frustration (act of frustrating)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emoção que ocorre nas situações onde algo obstrui o alcance de um almejo pessoal”.
What does frustração mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefrustration (act of frustrating)
- 2
femininefrustration (thing that frustrates)
- 3
femininefrustration (feeling of annoyance when one’s actions are criticised or hindered)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. emoção que ocorre nas situações onde algo obstrui o alcance de um almejo pessoal
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of frustração
- frustrações plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frustração?
- Brazil /fɾus.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [fɾus.tɾaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /fɾuʃ.tɾaˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frustração
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frustração in Portuguese?
frustração appears 6.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).