Meanings (ES + gloss)
burlar • chasquear • contrariar • desbaratar • dificultar • embarajar • empecer • entorpecer • frustrar • impedir • obstaculizar • obstar
To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm.
The police thwarted the would-be assassin.
Phrases