Frustrerais

Frustrerais is the first person singular form of the French verb frustrer in the present conditional mood, meaning “I would frustrate,” and it can be used with other subjects as well (tu frustrerais, il frustrerait, nous frustrerions, etc.). Frustrer is a regular -er verb in its conjugation pattern and shares its core meaning with related senses of thwarting, hindering, or depriving someone of something.

In usage, frustrerais expresses hypothetical or conditional action, often in clauses introduced by si or in polite, non-committal statements. It can describe thwarting someone’s plans, blocking progress, or causing someone to feel frustrated by prevention or obstruction. The form can also express a tentative intention in a sentence about a future or imagined scenario. Negative and interrogative forms follow standard conditional construction: je ne frustrerais pas, frustrerais-tu?

Common meanings of frustrer include to thwart or foil someone’s plans (frustrer les projets de quelqu’un), to deprive someone of a desired outcome, or to provoke frustration by impediment. Although its primary nuance is strategic obstruction, it can carry softer or more neutral senses depending on context.

Etymology traces frustrer to the Latin frustrāre, meaning to deprive or deceive, passing through Old French frustrer. It is related to the English “frustrate.” The term is used in formal or literary registers and in everyday French to describe hypothetical or conditional actions.

Examples: Si j’en avais l’autorité, je frustrerais leurs plans. Je frustrerais ses efforts s’il persiste dans cette voie. Frustrerais-tu mes projets si tu avais l’occasion?