No. 16,138 in Russian
разочаровать
To disappoint or disillusion.
In a sentence
Я не хочу тебя разочаровать, но результата не получилось.
I don't want to disappoint you, but the result didn't come out.
In this sentence, 'разочаровать' is used to express the act of disappointing someone, implying that their expectations won't be met.
Ваши действия могут разочаровать команду.
Your actions might disappoint the team.
Here, 'разочаровать' indicates anticipated disappointment, where one's actions could lead others to feel disappointed.
Он боялся, что новый фильм разочарует зрителей.
He was afraid that the new movie would disappoint the viewers.
In this example, 'разочарует' (a form of 'разочаровать') is used to describe someone or something causing disappointment to an audience.
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