# frustrar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frūstrāre. First attested in 1405.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [fɾusˈtɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [fɾusˈtɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Hyphenation: frus‧trar

### Verb

frustrar (first-person singular present frustro, first-person singular preterite frustrí, past participle frustrat)
* (transitive) to frustrate

#### Related terms

* frustració

### References

* ↑ “frustrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

* “frustrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “frustrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “frustrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin frustrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɾusˈtɾaɾ/ [fɾus̺ˈt̪ɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: frus‧trar

### Verb

frustrar (first-person singular present frustro, first-person singular preterite frustrei, past participle frustrado)
* to frustrate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* frustración
* frustrado
* frustrante

### Further reading

* “frustrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “frustrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frūstrāre (“to deceive, trick”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /fɾusˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [fɾusˈtɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /fɾusˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [fɾusˈtɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /fɾusˈtɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /fɾuʃˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [fɾuʃˈtɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /fɾusˈtɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɾuʃˈtɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /fɾuʃˈtɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /fɾuʃˈtɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: frus‧trar

### Verb

frustrar (first-person singular present frustro, first-person singular preterite frustrei, past participle frustrado)
* (transitive) to frustrate; to annoy (to cause mental stress)
* (transitive) to frustrate; to thwart (to prevent from being successfully completed)
    Synonym: malograr

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* frustação
* frustado
* frustrador
* frustrâneo
* frustrante
* frustratório
* frustro

### Further reading

* “frustrar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “frustrar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “frustrar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “frustrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “frustrar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “frustrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin frūstrāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɾusˈtɾaɾ/ [fɾusˈt̪ɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: frus‧trar

### Verb

frustrar (first-person singular present frustro, first-person singular preterite frustré, past participle frustrado)
* (transitive) to frustrate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* frustración
* frustrado

### Further reading

* “frustrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10