frustrado

adj.

1 frustrated, thwarted, attempted, unsuccessful.

2 frustrated, manqué, unfulfilled, disappointed.

3 frustrate.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: frustrar.

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frustrado

► adjetivo

1 (persona) frustrated

2 (hechos) frustrated, unsuccessful

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(f. - frustrada)

adj.

1) frustrated, would-be

2) failed, unsuccessful

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ADJ [persona] frustrated; [intento, plan, atentado] failed

delito de homicidio frustrado — attempted murder

intento de suicidio frustrado — failed suicide attempt

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-da adjetivo

a) <persona> frustrated; <actor/bailarina> frustrated (before n)

sentirse frustrado — to feel frustrated

b) <atentado/intento> failed (before n)

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= frustrated, in frustration, abortive, bungled, out of frustration.

Ex. First, Sholom Aleichem I recently spent something like twenty minutes talking over the telephone with a suitably irate and properly frustrated borrower.

Ex. When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.

Ex. The Consumers' Association had been founded in 1957 following a similar abortive service set up by the British Standards Institution two years previously.

Ex. He was also blamed for the bungled imposition of a state of emergency in Nyasaland in March 1959.

Ex. If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.

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-da adjetivo

a) <persona> frustrated; <actor/bailarina> frustrated (before n)

sentirse frustrado — to feel frustrated

b) <atentado/intento> failed (before n)

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= frustrated, in frustration, abortive, bungled, out of frustration.

Ex: First, Sholom Aleichem I recently spent something like twenty minutes talking over the telephone with a suitably irate and properly frustrated borrower.

Ex: When a library user comes to the reference desk in frustration and desperation -- perhaps in a rage or in tears, it is often an unforgettable (and sometimes unpleasant) opportunity to test one's problem-solving abilities and diplomatic talents.

Ex: The Consumers' Association had been founded in 1957 following a similar abortive service set up by the British Standards Institution two years previously.

Ex: He was also blamed for the bungled imposition of a state of emergency in Nyasaland in March 1959.

Ex: If either spouse on rare occasions out of frustration or anger slams a door or speaks angry words is it fair to label he or she as an abuser?.

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frustrado -da

adjective

1 ‹persona› frustrated

sentirse frustrado to feel frustrated

2 ‹atentado/intento› failed (before n); ‹actor/bailarina› frustrated (before n)

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Del verbo frustrar: (conjugate frustrar)

frustrado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
frustrado    
frustrar
frustrado

◊ -da adjetivo

a) ‹persona› frustrated;

‹actor/bailarina› frustrated (before n)

b) ‹atentado/intento› failed (before n)

frustrar (conjugate frustrar) verbo transitivo ‹persona› to frustrate;
‹planes› to thwart;
‹esperanzas› to dash;

◊ me frustra que no entiendan I find it frustrating that they don't understand

frustrarse verbo pronominal [planes] to be thwarted, fail;

[esperanzas] to come to nothing
frustrado,-a adjetivo
1 (persona) frustrated
2 (tentativa, proyecto) unsuccessful
frustrar verbo transitivo to frustrate
(una esperanza) to disappoint
'frustrado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
frustrada
English:
abortive
- foil
- frustrated
- sex-starved
- unfulfilled

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frustrado, -a adj

1. [persona] frustrated;

se quedó muy frustrado cuando se enteró del suspenso he was very frustrated when he found out he'd failed

2. [plan] failed;

un golpe de Estado frustrado a failed coup;

un intento frustrado de mandar una nave tripulada a Marte an unsuccessful attempt to send a manned spacecraft to Mars

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frustrado, -da adj

1) : frustrated

2) : failed, unsuccessful