defraudar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.fɾawˈda(ʁ)/ [de.fɾaʊ̯ˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.fɾawˈda(ʁ)/ [de.fɾaʊ̯ˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.fɾawˈda(ɾ)/ [de.fɾaʊ̯ˈda(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.fɾawˈda(ʁ)/ [de.fɾaʊ̯ˈda(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.fɾawˈda(ɻ)/ [de.fɾaʊ̯ˈda(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fɾawˈdaɾ/ [dɨ.fɾawˈðaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fɾawˈdaɾ/ [dɨ.fɾawˈðaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.fɾawˈda.ɾi/ [dɨ.fɾawˈða.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: de‧frau‧dar

Verb

defraudar (first-person singular present defraudo, first-person singular preterite defraudei, past participle defraudado)

1. to defraud (to obtain money or property by fraud)
2. to dupe (to swindle, deceive, or trick)

   Synonym: enganar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defraudar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	defraudar
Personal	defraudar	defraudares	defraudar	defraudarmos	defraudardes	defraudarem
Gerund
	defraudando
Past participle
Masculine	defraudado			defraudados
Feminine	defraudada			defraudadas
Indicative
Present	defraudo	defraudas	defrauda	defraudamos	defraudais	defraudam
Imperfect	defraudava	defraudavas	defraudava	defraudávamos	defraudáveis	defraudavam
Preterite	defraudei	defraudaste	defraudou	defraudamos1, defraudámos2	defraudastes	defraudaram
Pluperfect	defraudara	defraudaras	defraudara	defraudáramos	defraudáreis	defraudaram
Future	defraudarei	defraudarás	defraudará	defraudaremos	defraudareis	defraudarão
Conditional	defraudaria	defraudarias	defraudaria	defraudaríamos	defraudaríeis	defraudariam
Subjunctive
Present	defraude	defraudes	defraude	defraudemos	defraudeis	defraudem
Imperfect	defraudasse	defraudasses	defraudasse	defraudássemos	defraudásseis	defraudassem
Future	defraudar	defraudares	defraudar	defraudarmos	defraudardes	defraudarem
Imperative
Affirmative		defrauda	defraude	defraudemos	defraudai	defraudem
Negative (não)		não defraudes	não defraude	não defraudemos	não defraudeis	não defraudem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /defɾauˈdaɾ/ [d̪e.fɾau̯ˈð̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧frau‧dar

Verb

defraudar (first-person singular present defraudo, first-person singular preterite defraudé, past participle defraudado)

1. to defraud
2. to dodge

   Synonym: esquivar

3. to disappoint

   Synonym: decepcionar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of defraudar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			defraudar
gerund			defraudando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		defraudado		defraudada
		plural		defraudados		defraudadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defraudo	defraudastú defraudásvos	defrauda	defraudamos	defraudáis	defraudan
	imperfect	defraudaba	defraudabas	defraudaba	defraudábamos	defraudabais	defraudaban
	preterite	defraudé	defraudaste	defraudó	defraudamos	defraudasteis	defraudaron
	future	defraudaré	defraudarás	defraudará	defraudaremos	defraudaréis	defraudarán
	conditional	defraudaría	defraudarías	defraudaría	defraudaríamos	defraudaríais	defraudarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	defraude	defraudestú defraudésvos2	defraude	defraudemos	defraudéis	defrauden
	imperfect (ra)	defraudara	defraudaras	defraudara	defraudáramos	defraudarais	defraudaran
	imperfect (se)	defraudase	defraudases	defraudase	defraudásemos	defraudaseis	defraudasen
	future1	defraudare	defraudares	defraudare	defraudáremos	defraudareis	defraudaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		defraudatú defraudávos	defraude	defraudemos	defraudad	defrauden
	negative		no defraudes	no defraude	no defraudemos	no defraudéis	no defrauden

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of defraudar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive defraudar
	dative	defraudarme	defraudarte	defraudarle, defraudarse	defraudarnos	defraudaros	defraudarles, defraudarse
	accusative	defraudarme	defraudarte	defraudarlo, defraudarla, defraudarse	defraudarnos	defraudaros	defraudarlos, defraudarlas, defraudarse
with gerund defraudando
	dative	defraudándome	defraudándote	defraudándole, defraudándose	defraudándonos	defraudándoos	defraudándoles, defraudándose
	accusative	defraudándome	defraudándote	defraudándolo, defraudándola, defraudándose	defraudándonos	defraudándoos	defraudándolos, defraudándolas, defraudándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative defrauda
	dative	defráudame	defráudate	defráudale	defráudanos	not used	defráudales
	accusative	defráudame	defráudate	defráudalo, defráudala	defráudanos	not used	defráudalos, defráudalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative defraudá
	dative	defraudame	defraudate	defraudale	defraudanos	not used	defraudales
	accusative	defraudame	defraudate	defraudalo, defraudala	defraudanos	not used	defraudalos, defraudalas
with formal second-person singular imperative defraude
	dative	defráudeme	not used	defráudele, defráudese	defráudenos	not used	defráudeles
	accusative	defráudeme	not used	defráudelo, defráudela, defráudese	defráudenos	not used	defráudelos, defráudelas
with first-person plural imperative defraudemos
	dative	not used	defraudémoste	defraudémosle	defraudémonos	defraudémoos	defraudémosles
	accusative	not used	defraudémoste	defraudémoslo, defraudémosla	defraudémonos	defraudémoos	defraudémoslos, defraudémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative defraudad
	dative	defraudadme	not used	defraudadle	defraudadnos	defraudaos	defraudadles
	accusative	defraudadme	not used	defraudadlo, defraudadla	defraudadnos	defraudaos	defraudadlos, defraudadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative defrauden
	dative	defráudenme	not used	defráudenle	defráudennos	not used	defráudenles, defráudense
	accusative	defráudenme	not used	defráudenlo, defráudenla	defráudennos	not used	defráudenlos, defráudenlas, defráudense

Derived terms

• defraudación
• defraudador
• defraudatorio

 

Related terms

• fraude

 

Further reading

• “defraudar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28