Defraudar means ‘to disappoint/defraud’. It is a regular -ar verb: defraudo (present), defraudé (preterite), defraudado (past participle), defraudando (gerund).
Defraudar in use
Confiamos en ti, no nos defraudesWe trust you, don't let us down
La empresa defraudó millones de euros a HaciendaThe company defrauded the tax office of millions of euros
El nuevo restaurante no defraudaThe new restaurant doesn't disappoint
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As well as "to defraud", defraudar very often just means to disappoint or let someone down.
More tenses
The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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