Spanish verb frustrar conjugation

frustrar

to frustrate

regular verbPast participle: frustradoGerund: frustrando

Frustrar means to prevent someone from achieving a goal or to cause disappointment or dissatisfaction. It is used when an effort or expectation is thwarted or hindered.

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Complete conjugation of frustrar

Indicative Present

El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	frustro	No quiero frustrar tus planes. I don't want to frustrate your plans.
Tú	frustras	Tú frustras fácilmente cuando pierdes. You get frustrated easily when you lose.
Él / Ella / Usted	frustra	Ella frustra sus expectativas a veces. She sometimes frustrates her expectations.
Nosotros / Nosotras	frustramos	Nosotros frustramos los obstáculos juntos. We frustrate the obstacles together.
Vosotros / Vosotras	frustráis	Vosotros frustráis a los clientes si no cumplen. You all frustrate the clients if you don't comply.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	frustran	Los problemas frustran a todos. Problems frustrate everyone.

Indicative Preterite

El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	frustré	El problema frustró mis planes. The problem frustrated my plans.
Tú	frustraste	Tú frustraste sus expectativas. You frustrated his expectations.
Él / Ella / Usted	frustró	La situación frustró a todos. The situation frustrated everyone.
Nosotros / Nosotras	frustramos	Nosotros frustramos sus esfuerzos. We frustrated their efforts.
Vosotros / Vosotras	frustrasteis	Vosotros frustrasteis el plan. You all frustrated the plan.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	frustraron	Ellos frustraron nuestras expectativas. They frustrated our expectations.

Indicative Imperfect

El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	frustraba	Yo frustraba mis planes frecuentemente. I used to frustrate my plans frequently.
Tú	frustrabas	Tú frustrabas sus expectativas siempre. You used to frustrate his expectations always.
Él / Ella / Usted	frustraba	Ella frustraba a sus amigos con sus palabras. She used to frustrate her friends with her words.
Nosotros / Nosotras	frustrábamos	Nosotros frustrábamos los planes del equipo. We used to frustrate the team's plans.
Vosotros / Vosotras	frustrabais	Vosotros frustrabais las expectativas del profesor. You all used to frustrate the teacher's expectations.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	frustraban	Ellos frustraban las ideas del proyecto. They used to frustrate the project ideas.

Indicative Present Continuous

El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	estoy frustrando	Estoy frustrando mis planes ahora mismo. I am frustrating my plans right now.
Tú	estás frustrando	Estás frustrando a tus amigos con esa actitud. You are frustrating your friends with that attitude.
Él / Ella / Usted	está frustrando	Ella está frustrando a su equipo con sus decisiones. She is frustrating her team with her decisions.
Nosotros / Nosotras	estamos frustrando	Estamos frustrando las expectativas de los clientes. We are frustrating the clients' expectations.
Vosotros / Vosotras	estáis frustrando	Vosotros estáis frustrando a los profesores con esas preguntas. You all are frustrating the teachers with those questions.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	están frustrando	Los niños están frustrando a sus padres con sus comportamientos. The children are frustrating their parents with their behaviors.

Indicative Informal Future

El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	voy a frustrar	Voy a frustrar sus planes mañana. I am going to frustrate their plans tomorrow.
Tú	vas a frustrar	Tú vas a frustrar sus expectativas. You are going to frustrate their expectations.
Él / Ella / Usted	va a frustrar	Él va a frustrar a todos con esa decisión. He is going to frustrate everyone with that decision.
Nosotros / Nosotras	vamos a frustrar	Vamos a frustrar sus esfuerzos juntos. We are going to frustrate their efforts together.
Vosotros / Vosotras	vais a frustrar	Vosotros vais a frustrar sus expectativas. You all are going to frustrate their expectations.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	van a frustrar	Ellos van a frustrar el plan original. They are going to frustrate the original plan.

Indicative Future

El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	frustraré	Frustraré mis planes si no estudio. I will frustrate my plans if I don't study.
Tú	frustrarás	Frustrarás sus expectativas con esa actitud. You will frustrate his expectations with that attitude.
Él / Ella / Usted	frustrará	Frustrará los esfuerzos del equipo. He/She/You will frustrate the team's efforts.
Nosotros / Nosotras	frustraremos	Frustraremos los obstáculos juntos. We will frustrate the obstacles together.
Vosotros / Vosotras	frustraréis	Frustraréis los planes si no actúan. You all will frustrate the plans if you don't act.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	frustrarán	Frustrarán las expectativas de los clientes. They/You all will frustrate the clients' expectations.

Indicative Conditional

El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	frustraría	Yo frustraría sus planes si supiera la verdad. I would frustrate their plans if I knew the truth.
Tú	frustrarías	Tú frustrarías el intento sin querer. You would frustrate the attempt unintentionally.
Él / Ella / Usted	frustraría	Ella frustraría las expectativas de todos. She would frustrate everyone's expectations.
Nosotros / Nosotras	frustraríamos	Nosotros frustraríamos los planes si no actuamos. We would frustrate the plans if we don't act.
Vosotros / Vosotras	frustraríais	Vosotros frustraríais sus esfuerzos si no tenéis cuidado. You all would frustrate their efforts if you're not careful.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	frustrarían	Ellos frustrarían las expectativas si no cumplen. They would frustrate the expectations if they don't fulfill them.

Indicative Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	he frustrado	He frustrado sus planes otra vez. I have frustrated his plans again.
Tú	has frustrado	¿Has frustrado sus expectativas? Have you frustrated his expectations?
Él / Ella / Usted	ha frustrado	Ella ha frustrado a todos en la reunión. She has frustrated everyone at the meeting.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hemos frustrado	Nosotros hemos frustrado sus intentos. We have frustrated their attempts.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habéis frustrado	Vosotros habéis frustrado las expectativas. You all have frustrated the expectations.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	han frustrado	Ellos han frustrado el plan original. They have frustrated the original plan.

Indicative Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	había frustrado	Yo había frustrado sus planes antes de que llegara. I had frustrated his plans before he arrived.
Tú	habías frustrado	Tú habías frustrado mis expectativas ayer. You had frustrated my expectations yesterday.
Él / Ella / Usted	había frustrado	Ella había frustrado el intento de salvarlo. She had frustrated the attempt to save him.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habíamos frustrado	Nosotros habíamos frustrado sus planes anteriormente. We had frustrated their plans earlier.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habíais frustrado	Vosotros habíais frustrado la sorpresa. You all had frustrated the surprise.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habían frustrado	Ellos habían frustrado el proyecto completo. They had frustrated the entire project.

Indicative Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	habré frustrado	Para entonces, habré frustrado sus planes. By then, I will have frustrated their plans.
Tú	habrás frustrado	Para mañana, habrás frustrado sus expectativas. By tomorrow, you will have frustrated their expectations.
Él / Ella / Usted	habrá frustrado	Él ya habrá frustrado el intento. He will have already frustrated the attempt.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habremos frustrado	Nosotros habremos frustrado sus planes. We will have frustrated their plans.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habréis frustrado	Vosotros habréis frustrado la sorpresa. You all will have frustrated the surprise.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habrán frustrado	Ellos habrán frustrado las expectativas. They will have frustrated the expectations.

Indicative Conditional Perfect

El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	habría frustrado	Yo habría frustrado tus planes. I would have frustrated your plans.
Tú	habrías frustrado	Tú habrías frustrado mis expectativas. You would have frustrated my expectations.
Él / Ella / Usted	habría frustrado	Él habría frustrado el intento. He would have frustrated the attempt.
Nosotros / Nosotras	habríamos frustrado	Nosotros habríamos frustrado sus planes. We would have frustrated their plans.
Vosotros / Vosotras	habríais frustrado	Vosotros habríais frustrado la sorpresa. You all would have frustrated the surprise.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	habrían frustrado	Ellos habrían frustrado el proyecto. They would have frustrated the project.

Subjunctive Present

El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	frustre	Espero que no me frustre el resultado. I hope that the result does not frustrate me.
Tú	frustres	Es importante que no frustres a tu equipo. It's important that you do not frustrate your team.
Él / Ella / Usted	frustre	Es posible que él frustre sus planes. It's possible that he frustrates his plans.
Nosotros / Nosotras	frustremos	Queremos que no nos frustremos con esto. We want us not to get frustrated with this.
Vosotros / Vosotras	frustréis	Es necesario que no frustréis las expectativas. It's necessary that you do not frustrate the expectations.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	frustren	Dudo que ellos frustren a sus clientes. I doubt that they frustrate their clients.

Subjunctive Imperfect

El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	frustrara	Esperaba que él frustrara sus planes. I hoped that he would frustrate his plans.
Tú	frustraras	No creía que tú frustraras fácilmente. I didn't believe that you would get frustrated easily.
Él / Ella / Usted	frustrara	Dudaba que ella frustrara sus expectativas. I doubted that she would frustrate her expectations.
Nosotros / Nosotras	frustráramos	Era posible que nosotros frustráramos el plan. It was possible that we would frustrate the plan.
Vosotros / Vosotras	frustrarais	No pensaba que vosotros frustrarais fácilmente. I didn't think that you all would get frustrated easily.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	frustraran	Querían que ellos frustraran las expectativas. They wanted them to frustrate the expectations.

Subjunctive Future

El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	frustrare	Si no frustrare sus planes, será exitoso. If he/she doesn't frustrate his/her plans, he/she will be successful.
Tú	frustrares	Tú frustrares las expectativas de todos. You will frustrate everyone's expectations.
Él / Ella / Usted	frustrare	Él frustrare los esfuerzos del equipo. He will frustrate the team's efforts.
Nosotros / Nosotras	frustráremos	Nosotros frustráremos los planes futuros. We will frustrate the future plans.
Vosotros / Vosotras	frustrareis	Vosotros frustrareis las expectativas del cliente. You all will frustrate the client's expectations.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	frustraren	Ellos frustraren las metas propuestas. They will frustrate the proposed goals.

Subjunctive Present Perfect

El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	haya frustrado	Espero que haya frustrado sus planes. I hope I have frustrated his plans.
Tú	hayas frustrado	Es posible que hayas frustrado sus expectativas. It's possible that you have frustrated his expectations.
Él / Ella / Usted	haya frustrado	Es importante que haya frustrado sus intentos. It's important that he has frustrated his attempts.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hayamos frustrado	Nos alegra que hayamos frustrado sus planes. We are glad that we have frustrated his plans.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hayáis frustrado	No creo que hayáis frustrado sus expectativas. I don't think that you (plural) have frustrated his expectations.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hayan frustrado	Es probable que hayan frustrado sus objetivos. It's likely that they have frustrated his objectives.

Subjunctive Past Perfect

El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	hubiera frustrado	Si hubiera frustrado sus planes, habría sido un error. If I had thwarted his plans, it would have been a mistake.
Tú	hubieras frustrado	Es posible que hubieras frustrado sus expectativas. You might have frustrated his expectations.
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiera frustrado	Ella habría frustrado la sorpresa si hubiera sabido. She would have thwarted the surprise if she had known.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hubiéramos frustrado	Nunca hubiéramos frustrado sus esfuerzos. We would never have thwarted his efforts.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hubierais frustrado	¿Crees que habríais frustrado el plan? Do you think you would have thwarted the plan?
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieran frustrado	Si no hubieran frustrado la idea, todo habría sido diferente. If they hadn't thwarted the idea, everything would have been different.

Subjunctive Future Perfect

El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	hubiere frustrado	Cuando llegues, ya hubiere frustrado el plan. When you arrive, I will have already frustrated the plan.
Tú	hubieres frustrado	Es posible que tú hubieres frustrado sus expectativas. It's possible that you will have frustrated his expectations.
Él / Ella / Usted	hubiere frustrado	Es probable que él hubiere frustrado el intento. He probably will have frustrated the attempt.
Nosotros / Nosotras	hubiéremos frustrado	Para entonces, nosotros hubiéremos frustrado el problema. By then, we will have frustrated the problem.
Vosotros / Vosotras	hubiereis frustrado	Quizá vosotros hubiereis frustrado la oportunidad. Maybe you all will have frustrated the opportunity.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	hubieren frustrado	Es posible que ellos hubieren frustrado la misión. It's possible that they will have frustrated the mission.

Imperative Affirmative

El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	frustra	¡Frustra tus miedos y avanza! Frustrate your fears and move forward!
Tú	frustra	¡Frustra los obstáculos y sigue adelante! Frustrate the obstacles and keep going!
Él / Ella / Usted	frustre	¡Frustre sus expectativas y sé valiente! Frustrate his/her expectations and be brave!
Nosotros / Nosotras	frustremos	¡Frustremos los planes y busquemos soluciones! Let's frustrate the plans and find solutions!
Vosotros / Vosotras	frustrad	¡Frustrad las dificultades y no os rindáis! Frustrate the difficulties and don't give up!
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	frustren	¡Frustren las expectativas negativas! Frustrate the negative expectations!

Imperative Negative

El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something

Pronoun	Conjugation	Example
Yo	no frustre	No frustre tus sueños. Don't frustrate your dreams.
Tú	no frustres	No frustres a tus amigos. Don't frustrate your friends.
Él / Ella / Usted	no frustre	No frustre sus expectativas. Don't frustrate his expectations.
Nosotros / Nosotras	no frustremos	No frustremos las oportunidades. Let's not frustrate the opportunities.
Vosotros / Vosotras	no frustréis	No frustréis a los clientes. Don't frustrate the clients.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes	no frustren	No frustren sus planes. Don't frustrate their plans.