Defraudar means to disappoint someone’s expectations, to cheat or deceive, or to fail to fulfill a duty or promise. It is used in contexts involving betrayal, deception, or failure to meet obligations.
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El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | defraudo | No quiero defraudar a mis amigos. I don't want to disappoint my friends. | |
| Tú | defraudas | Tú siempre defraudas en las expectativas. You always disappoint expectations. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | defrauda | Ella defrauda cuando no estudia. She disappoints when she doesn't study. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | defraudamos | Nosotros no queremos defraudar al equipo. We don't want to disappoint the team. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | defraudáis | Vosotros defraudáis con esas promesas. You all disappoint with those promises. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | defraudan | Los resultados defraudan a todos. The results disappoint everyone. |
El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | defraudé | El cliente defraudó a la tienda. The customer defrauded the store. | |
| Tú | defraudaste | Tú defraudaste a tus amigos. You defrauded your friends. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | defraudó | Ella defraudó las expectativas. She defrauded the expectations. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | defraudamos | Nosotros defraudamos a nuestros clientes. We defrauded our clients. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | defraudasteis | Vosotros defraudasteis al equipo. You all defrauded the team. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | defraudaron | Los ladrones defraudaron a la policía. The thieves defrauded the police. |
El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | defraudaba | Antes, defraudaba a mis amigos frecuentemente. I used to disappoint my friends frequently. | |
| Tú | defraudabas | Tú defraudabas las expectativas siempre. You used to disappoint expectations always. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | defraudaba | Ella defraudaba a su familia con sus decisiones. She used to disappoint her family with her decisions. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | defraudábamos | Nosotros defraudábamos a veces a nuestros profesores. We used to disappoint our teachers sometimes. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | defraudabais | Vosotros defraudabais las expectativas del equipo. You all used to disappoint the team's expectations. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | defraudaban | Ellos defraudaban a sus clientes regularmente. They used to disappoint their clients regularly. |
El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy defraudando | Estoy defraudando sus expectativas. I am disappointing his expectations. | |
| Tú | estás defraudando | Estás defraudando a tus amigos. You are disappointing your friends. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | está defraudando | Ella está defraudando a su equipo. She is disappointing her team. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | estamos defraudando | Estamos defraudando a nuestros clientes. We are disappointing our clients. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | estáis defraudando | Vosotros estáis defraudando las expectativas. You all are disappointing the expectations. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | están defraudando | Los jugadores están defraudando a los fans. The players are disappointing the fans. |
El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a defraudar | Voy a defraudar tus expectativas. I am going to disappoint your expectations. | |
| Tú | vas a defraudar | ¿Vas a defraudarme otra vez? Are you going to disappoint me again? | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | va a defraudar | Ella va a defraudar a su equipo. She is going to disappoint her team. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | vamos a defraudar | Vamos a defraudar sus expectativas. We are going to disappoint their expectations. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | vais a defraudar | Vosotros vais a defraudar a todos. You all are going to disappoint everyone. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | van a defraudar | Ellos van a defraudar a sus amigos. They are going to disappoint their friends. |
El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | defraudaré | Defraudaré tus expectativas mañana. I will disappoint your expectations tomorrow. | |
| Tú | defraudarás | Defraudarás a tus amigos si no cumples. You will disappoint your friends if you don't keep your promise. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | defraudará | El equipo defraudará a sus seguidores. The team will disappoint their supporters. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | defrauraemos | Defrauraemos las expectativas del cliente. We will disappoint the client's expectations. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | defraudaréis | Defraudaréis a la empresa si no entregáis a tiempo. You all will disappoint the company if you don't deliver on time. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | defraudarán | Ellos defraudarán a sus padres si no estudian. They will disappoint their parents if they don't study. |
El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | defraudaría | Yo no defraudaría a mis amigos. I would not disappoint my friends. | |
| Tú | defraudarías | Tú defraudarías si no cumples tu promesa. You would disappoint if you don't keep your promise. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | defraudaría | Él defraudaría a su equipo si no juega bien. He would disappoint his team if he doesn't play well. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | defraudaríamos | Nosotros no defraudaríamos a nuestros clientes. We would not disappoint our clients. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | defraudaríais | Vosotros defraudaríais si no cumplís con el acuerdo. You all would disappoint if you don't fulfill the agreement. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | defraudarían | Ellos defraudarían si no entregan el proyecto a tiempo. They would disappoint if they don't deliver the project on time. |
El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | he defraudado | He defraudado a mis amigos antes. I have disappointed my friends before. | |
| Tú | has defraudado | Tú has defraudado sus expectativas. You have disappointed his expectations. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha defraudado | Ella ha defraudado a su familia. She has disappointed her family. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hemos defraudado | Nosotros hemos defraudado a nuestros clientes. We have disappointed our clients. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habéis defraudado | Vosotros habéis defraudado a la empresa. You all have disappointed the company. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han defraudado | Ellos han defraudado a sus seguidores. They have disappointed their followers. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | había defraudado | Yo había defraudado a mis padres antes de confesar. I had disappointed my parents before confessing. | |
| Tú | habías defraudado | Tú habías defraudado a tus amigos con esa mentira. You had disappointed your friends with that lie. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | había defraudado | Él había defraudado a su equipo en el partido. He had disappointed his team in the match. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habíamos defraudado | Nosotros habíamos defraudado las expectativas del profesor. We had disappointed the teacher's expectations. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habíais defraudado | Vosotros habíais defraudado a la empresa con el proyecto. You all had disappointed the company with the project. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habían defraudado | Ellos habían defraudado a sus clientes antes de mejorar. They had disappointed their clients before improving. |
El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré defraudado | Para entonces, ya habré defraudado a todos. By then, I will have disappointed everyone. | |
| Tú | habrás defraudado | Tú habrás defraudado sus expectativas. You will have disappointed their expectations. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habrá defraudado | Él habrá defraudado a su equipo. He will have disappointed his team. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habremos defraudado | Nosotros habremos defraudado a los clientes. We will have disappointed the clients. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habréis defraudado | Vosotros habréis defraudado las expectativas. You all will have disappointed the expectations. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrán defraudado | Ellos habrán defraudado a sus amigos. They will have disappointed their friends. |
El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría defraudado | Yo habría defraudado a mis padres. I would have disappointed my parents. | |
| Tú | habrías defraudado | Tú habrías defraudado a tus amigos. You would have disappointed your friends. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habría defraudado | Ella habría defraudado a su equipo. She would have disappointed her team. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habríamos defraudado | Nosotros habríamos defraudado a todos. We would have disappointed everyone. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habríais defraudado | Vosotros habríais defraudado a la empresa. You all would have disappointed the company. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrían defraudado | Ellos habrían defraudado a sus clientes. They would have disappointed their clients. |
El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | defraude | Espero que no defraude a nadie. I hope I don't disappoint anyone. | |
| Tú | defraudes | Es importante que no defraudes a tu equipo. It's important that you don't disappoint your team. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | defraude | Es posible que él defraude sus expectativas. It's possible that he disappoints his expectations. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | defraudemos | Queremos que no defraudemos a nuestros clientes. We want not to disappoint our clients. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | defraudéis | Es necesario que no defraudéis a vuestros jefes. It's necessary that you don't disappoint your bosses. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | defrauden | Dudo que ellos defrauden en el examen. I doubt that they disappoint in the exam. |
El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | defraudara | Esperaba que él no defraudara a su equipo. I hoped he wouldn't let his team down. | |
| Tú | defraaras | No creía que tú defraaras a tus amigos. I didn't believe you would let your friends down. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | defraudara | Pensaba que ella no defraudara a su familia. I thought she wouldn't disappoint her family. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | defraudáramos | Era posible que nosotros no defraudáramos a todos. It was possible that we wouldn't disappoint everyone. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | defraudárais | Quizá vosotros no defraudárais a los clientes. Maybe you wouldn't disappoint the clients. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | defraudaran | No creían que ellos defraudaran a la empresa. They didn't believe they would disappoint the company. |
El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | defraudare | Si me defraudare, no confiaré en él. If he defrauds me, I will not trust him. | |
| Tú | defraudares | En caso de que defraudares, te arrepentirás. In case you defraud, you will regret it. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | defraudare | Si ella defraudare, será una sorpresa. If she defrauds, it will be a surprise. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | defraudáremos | Cuando defraudáremos, aprenderemos la lección. When we defraud, we will learn the lesson. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | defraudareis | Si vosotros defraudareis, os castigarán. If you all defraud, you will be punished. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | defraudaren | Si ellos defraudaren, perderían la confianza. If they defraud, they would lose trust. |
El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya defraudado | Espero que haya defraudado a todos. I hope I have disappointed everyone. | |
| Tú | hayas defraudado | Es posible que hayas defraudado a tu equipo. It's possible that you have disappointed your team. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya defraudado | Es importante que él haya defraudado menos. It's important that he has disappointed less. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hayamos defraudado | Creemos que hayamos defraudado a los clientes. We believe we have disappointed the clients. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hayáis defraudado | No estoy seguro de que hayáis defraudado a nadie. I'm not sure that you have disappointed anyone. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan defraudado | Es posible que hayan defraudado sus expectativas. It's possible that they have disappointed their expectations. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera defraudado | Si hubiera defraudado a mis padres, me habría arrepentido. If I had disappointed my parents, I would have regretted it. | |
| Tú | hubieras defraudado | Es posible que tú hubieras defraudado a tus amigos. You might have disappointed your friends. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera defraudado | Ella pensó que él hubiera defraudado sus expectativas. She thought that he had disappointed her expectations. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéramos defraudado | Si hubiéramos defraudado a nuestro equipo, sería un problema. If we had disappointed our team, it would be a problem. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hubierais defraudado | No creí que vosotros hubierais defraudado a la empresa. I didn't think that you all had disappointed the company. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran defraudado | Es posible que ellos hubieran defraudado a sus clientes. It's possible that they had disappointed their clients. |
El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere defraudado | Para entonces, ya hubiere defraudado sus expectativas. By then, he will have disappointed his expectations. | |
| Tú | hubieres defraudado | Es posible que tú hubieres defraudado a todos. It is possible that you will have disappointed everyone. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere defraudado | Es probable que él hubiere defraudado a sus clientes. He probably will have disappointed his clients. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéremos defraudado | Para entonces, nosotros hubiéremos defraudado sus expectativas. By then, we will have disappointed his expectations. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hubiereis defraudado | Quizá vosotros hubiereis defraudado a los inversores. Maybe you all will have disappointed the investors. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren defraudado | Es posible que ellos hubieren defraudado a sus seguidores. It is possible that they will have disappointed their followers. |
El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | — | No uses la tarjeta para defraudar. Don't use the card to defraud. | |
| Tú | defrauda | ¡Defrauda a tus amigos con tu talento! Fool your friends with your talent! | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | defraude | Por favor, defraude a los clientes con honestidad. Please defraud the clients with honesty. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | defraudemos | Defraudemos las expectativas del equipo. Let's defraud the team's expectations. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | defraudad | No defraudéis a vuestros jefes. Don't defraud your bosses. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | defrauden | Que no defrauden a sus seguidores. Let them not defraud their followers. |
El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | no defraudo | No defraudo tus expectativas. I do not disappoint your expectations. | |
| Tú | no defraudes | No defraudes a tus amigos. Don't disappoint your friends. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | no defraude | No defraude a su jefe. He/She/You (formal) do not disappoint your boss. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | no defraudemos | No defraudemos a nuestro equipo. Let's not disappoint our team. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | no defraudéis | No defraudéis a vuestros clientes. Don't disappoint your clients. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | no defrauden | No defrauden las expectativas. They/You all (formal) do not disappoint expectations. |
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