ruína

See also: ruina, ruiná, and ruină

Galician

Ruínas ("ruins"), Towers of Altamira, Brión, Galicia

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin ruīna (“ruins; debris”), from ruō (“I collapse”). Cognate with Portuguese ruína and Spanish ruina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈina̝/

Noun

ruína f (plural ruínas)

1. (usually in the plural) ruin (construction withered by time)

   Synonym: pardiñeiro

2. the process of becoming ruined
3. (uncountable) ruin (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
4. ruin (something which leads to serious troubles)

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ruyna”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ruína”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ruína”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ruína”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ruyna, from Latin ruīna (“ruins; debris”), from ruō (“I collapse”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈi.nɐ/ [hʊˈi.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwi.nɐ/ [ˈhwi.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈi.nɐ/ [hʊˈi.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwi.nɐ/ [ˈhwi.nɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈi.nɐ/ [χʊˈi.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwi.nɐ/ [ˈχwi.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈi.na/ [hʊˈi.na], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwi.na/ [ˈhwi.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈi.nɐ/

• IPA^(key): /hu.ˈi.na/
• Hyphenation: ru‧í‧na

Noun

ruína f (plural ruínas)

1. ruin (construction withered by time)

   Synonym: destroços

2. the process of becoming ruined

   Synonyms: arruinação, arruinamento, ruinação

3. the process of becoming financially ruined

   Synonyms: arruinamento, destruição, devastação, falência

4. (uncountable) ruin (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
5. ruin (something which leads to serious troubles)

Related terms

• arruinação
• arruinado
• arruinador
• arruinar
• ruim
• ruinação
• ruinar
• ruinaria
• ruir