Merhaba.

Is really hayal kırıklığına uğratmak the only possible option to mean "to disappoint" or "let somebody down"? All the dictionaries I looked into put this in the first place.. but this one sounds so idiomatic and even poetically.. Isn´t there any simple one-word verb for this?

I just can´t imagine using "breaking someone´s dreams" in a common everyday situation, for example when someone asks me to show his friends around the city because she knows I am a good guide, and I say "I hope I won´t cause your dreams to be broken"... Is is really how you use this?

 Quoting suflerMerhaba. Is really hayal kırıklığına uğratmak the only possible option to mean "to disappoint" or "let somebody down"? All the dictionaries I looked into put this in the first place.. but this one sounds so idiomatic and even poetically.. Isn´t there any simple one-word verb for this?   I just can´t imagine using "breaking someone´s dreams" in a common everyday situation, for example when someone asks me to show his friends around the city because she knows I am a good guide, and I say "I hope I won´t cause your dreams to be broken"... Is is really how you use this?   Ahahahahaa, I never thought that,but yep exactly like that, roflomao..