frustrar

frustrar
v.
1 to frustrate (person).
El accidente frustró sus planes The accident frustrated her plans.
Su actitud frustró al gerente His attitude frustrated the manager.
2 to thwart, to put paid to (posibilidades, ilusiones).
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frustrar
► verbo transitivo
1 (cosa) to frustrate, thwart
2 (persona) to disappoint
► verbo pronominal frustrarse
1 (proyectos, planes) to fail, come to nothing
2 (persona) to get frustrated, get disappointed
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verb
to frustrate
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1. VT
1) [+ persona] to frustrate; [+ proyecto, aspiración, deseo, sueño] to thwart

no quiero frustrar sus esperanzas — I don't want to frustrate o thwart their hopes

le frustra no poderse comunicar — he finds it frustrating not being able to communicate

2) (=abortar) [+ atentado, operación] to foil

los guardas frustraron el intento de fuga — the guards foiled their escape attempt

2.
See:
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1.
verbo transitivo
a) <persona> to frustrate; <planes> to thwart; <esperanzas> to dash

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

b) <atentado> to foil
2.
frustrarse v pron planes to be thwarted, fail; esperanzas to come to nothing
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= thwart, scupper, cripple, frustrate, baffle, stymie, foil, defeat, forestall, spoil, hamstring, exasperate, cast + a blight on, blight.
Ex. A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.
Ex. This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
Ex. The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.
Ex. The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.
Ex. As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.
Ex. So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
Ex. The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.
Ex. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of software programs intended to defeat some of these sabotage actions.
Ex. In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.
Ex. But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.
Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
Ex. Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
Ex. Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
Ex. The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
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* frustrar el esfuerzo = frustrate + effort.
* frustrar las esperanzas = shatter + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes, dash + Posesivo + hopes.
* frustrarse = become + frustrated, run into + the sand(s).
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1.
verbo transitivo
a) <persona> to frustrate; <planes> to thwart; <esperanzas> to dash

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

b) <atentado> to foil
2.
frustrarse v pron planes to be thwarted, fail; esperanzas to come to nothing
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= thwart, scupper, cripple, frustrate, baffle, stymie, foil, defeat, forestall, spoil, hamstring, exasperate, cast + a blight on, blight.

Ex: A public library's design can go far in either reinforcing or thwarting the intimacy of reading and in determining its success -- functionally, aesthetically and financially.

Ex: This arrangement could definitely help solve the librarian's problems, unless unexpected events scupper it.
Ex: The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.
Ex: The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.
Ex: As the domain expands, the problem of rule formalisation may even baffle a human expert.
Ex: So, in a lot of cases the ability to take advantage of technologically sophisticated younger faculty is stymied by these conflicting interests.
Ex: The author considers the incidence of arson in US libraries and some ways of foiling arsonists through constant vigilance and observation of library users.
Ex: There are hundreds, if not thousands, of software programs intended to defeat some of these sabotage actions.
Ex: In order to forestall such an event, some libraries in Britain were stung into action by the publication of an Act of Parliament which totally ignored public libraries.
Ex: But if set-off did occur and threatened to set back and spoil subsequent impressions of the first forme, the tympan cloth could be rubbed over with lye to clean it.
Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.
Ex: Radical intellectuals often seem exasperated by what appears as excessive attention paid to conceptualization.
Ex: Rampant commercialisation of publishing is casting a blight on literature.
Ex: The global outbreak of swine flu has spread fear through the travel sector, blighting any green shoots of recovery from the financial crisis.
* frustrar el esfuerzo = frustrate + effort.
* frustrar las esperanzas = shatter + Posesivo + hopes, dampen + Posesivo + hopes, dash + Posesivo + hopes.
* frustrarse = become + frustrated, run into + the sand(s).

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frustrar [A1 ]
vt
1 ‹persona› to frustrate; ‹planes› to thwart; ‹esperanzas› to dash
me frustra que no entiendan I find it frustrating o it frustrates me that they don't understand
2 ‹atentado› to foil
■ frustrarse
v pron
«planes» to be thwarted, fail; «esperanzas» to be dashed, come to nothing
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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
frustrar verbo transitivo to frustrate
(una esperanza) to disappoint
'frustrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
estropear
- impedir
- tronchar
English:
defeat
- disappoint
- foil
- frustrate
- thwart
- baffle
- confound
- cross
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frustrar
♦ vt
1. [persona] to frustrate
2. [posibilidades, ilusiones] to thwart, Br to put paid to;
[plan, robo] to thwart;
el mal tiempo frustró nuestras vacaciones the bad weather ruined our holiday
♦ See also the pronominal verb frustrarse
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frustrar
v/t persona frustrate; plan thwart
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frustrar vt
: to frustrate, to thwart
♦ See also the reflexive verb frustrarse

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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