French

Verb

frustra

1. third-person singular past historic of frustrer

Italian

Verb

frustra

1. third-person singular present indicative of frustrare
2. second-person singular imperative of frustrare

Latin

Etymology

Adverb from *frusterus, for *frudterus/ *fruditerus, from fraus ‎(“harm, injury”).

Adverb

frūstrā

1. in deception, in error
2. without effect, to no purpose, without cause, uselessly, in vain, for nothing

Derived terms

• frūstror/ frūstrō

See also

• in cassum
• futtile

References

• frustra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• frustra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• FRUSTRA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “frustra”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to lose one's labour: operam (et oleum) perdere or frustra consumere
    

Portuguese

Verb

frustra

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of frustrar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of frustrar

Spanish

Verb

frustra

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of frustrar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of frustrar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of frustrar.