ruína

See also: ruina, ruiná, and ruină

Galician

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

Etymology

From 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

• “ruyna” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ruína” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ruína” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ruína” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈĩ.nɐ/ [hʊˈĩ.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwĩ.nɐ/ [ˈhwĩ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈĩ.nɐ/ [hʊˈĩ.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwĩ.nɐ/ [ˈhwĩ.nɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈĩ.nɐ/ [χʊˈĩ.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwĩ.nɐ/ [ˈχwĩ.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈi.na/ [hʊˈi.na], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwi.na/ [ˈhwi.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈi.nɐ/, (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwi.nɐ/

• 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