ruar

Asturian

Verb

ruar (first-person singular indicative present ruo, past participle ruáu)

1. to coo (of a dove, to make a sound)

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1750. From rúa (“street”) +‎ ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruˈaɾ/

Verb

ruar (first-person singular present rúo, first-person singular preterite ruei, past participle ruado)
ruar (first-person singular present ruo, first-person singular preterite ruei, past participle ruado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (intransitive) to go out for recreation or fun on the streets
2. (intransitive) to wander

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ruar (u becomes ú when stressed)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ruar
Personal	ruar	ruares	ruar	ruarmos	ruardes	ruaren
Gerund
	ruando
Past participle
Masculine	ruado			ruados
Feminine	ruada			ruadas
Indicative
Present	rúo	rúas	rúa	ruamos	ruades	rúan
Imperfect	ruaba	ruabas	ruaba	ruabamos	ruabades	ruaban
Preterite	ruei	ruaches	ruou	ruamos	ruastes	ruaron
Pluperfect	ruara	ruaras	ruara	ruaramos	ruarades	ruaran
Future	ruarei	ruarás	ruará	ruaremos	ruaredes	ruarán
Conditional	ruaría	ruarías	ruaría	ruariamos	ruariades	ruarían
Subjunctive
Present	rúe	rúes	rúe	ruemos	ruedes	rúen
Imperfect	ruase	ruases	ruase	ruásemos	ruásedes	ruasen
Future	ruar	ruares	ruar	ruarmos	ruardes	ruaren
Imperative
Affirmative		rúa	rúe	ruemos	ruade	rúen
Negative (non)		non rúes	non rúe	non ruemos	non ruedes	non rúen

    Reintegrated conjugation of ruar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ruar
Personal	ruar	ruares	ruar	ruarmos	ruardes	ruarem
Gerund
	ruando
Past participle
Masculine	ruado			ruados
Feminine	ruada			ruadas
Indicative
Present	ruo	ruas	rua	ruamos	ruades, ruais	ruam
Imperfect	ruava	ruavas	ruava	ruávamos	ruávades, ruáveis, ruávais1	ruavam
Preterite	ruei	ruaste, ruache1	ruou	ruamos	ruastes	ruárom, ruaram
Pluperfect	ruara	ruaras	ruara	ruáramos	ruárades, ruáreis, ruárais1	ruaram
Future	ruarei	ruarás	ruará	ruaremos	ruaredes, ruareis	ruarám, ruarão
Conditional	ruaria	ruarias	ruaria	ruaríamos	ruaríades, ruaríeis, ruaríais1	ruariam
Subjunctive
Present	rue	rues	rue	ruemos	ruedes, rueis	ruem
Imperfect	ruasse	ruasses	ruasse	ruássemos	ruássedes, ruásseis	ruassem
Future	ruar	ruares	ruar	ruarmos	ruardes	ruarem
Imperative
Affirmative		rua	rue	ruemos	ruade, ruai	ruem
Negative (nom)		nom rues	nom rue	nom ruemos	nom ruedes, nom rueis	nom ruem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• ruada

Related terms

• rúa

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ruar”, 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), “ruar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “ruar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ruar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Verb

ruar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of ruō

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• ruad (Föhr-Amrum)
• rüüdj (Mooring)

Etymology

From Old Frisian rād, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, which see for cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɔɐ̯]

Adjective

ruar

1. (Sylt) red

Inflection

Inflection of ruar (Sylt dialect)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite
positive
predicative / adverbial	ruar
attributive
independent	ruaren	ruar	ruaren
partitive	ruars		—
comparative
predicative / adverbial	ruarer
attributive
independent	ruareren	ruarer	ruareren
partitive	ruarers		—
superlative
predicative / adverbial	am ruarsten
attributive	ruarst
independent	—	ruarst	ruarsten

Portuguese

Etymology

From rua +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈa(ʁ)/ [hʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwa(ʁ)/ [ˈhwa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈa(ʁ)/ [hʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwa(ʁ)/ [ˈhwa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈa(ɾ)/ [hʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwa(ɾ)/ [ˈhwa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈa(ʁ)/ [χʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwa(ʁ)/ [ˈχwa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁuˈa(ɻ)/ [hʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /ˈʁwa(ɻ)/ [ˈhwa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁwaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁwaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁwa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ru‧ar

Verb

ruar (first-person singular present ruo, first-person singular preterite ruei, past participle ruado)

1. (intransitive) to go for a walk; to flirt, to stroll (to wander the streets frequently, to walk without direction or time to return)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ruar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	ruar
Personal	ruar	ruares	ruar	ruarmos	ruardes	ruarem
Gerund
	ruando
Past participle
Masculine	ruado			ruados
Feminine	ruada			ruadas
Indicative
Present	ruo	ruas	rua	ruamos	ruais	ruam
Imperfect	ruava	ruavas	ruava	ruávamos	ruáveis	ruavam
Preterite	ruei	ruaste	ruou	ruamos1, ruámos2	ruastes	ruaram
Pluperfect	ruara	ruaras	ruara	ruáramos	ruáreis	ruaram
Future	ruarei	ruarás	ruará	ruaremos	ruareis	ruarão
Conditional	ruaria	ruarias	ruaria	ruaríamos	ruaríeis	ruariam
Subjunctive
Present	rue	rues	rue	ruemos	rueis	ruem
Imperfect	ruasse	ruasses	ruasse	ruássemos	ruásseis	ruassem
Future	ruar	ruares	ruar	ruarmos	ruardes	ruarem
Imperative
Affirmative		rua	rue	ruemos	ruai	ruem
Negative (não)		não rues	não rue	não ruemos	não rueis	não ruem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From rúa +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrwaɾ/ [ˈrwaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ruar

Verb

ruar

1. to roam; to wander

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ruar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ruar
gerund			ruando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ruado		ruada
		plural		ruados		ruadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	ruo	ruas	rua	ruamos	ruais	ruan
	imperfect	ruaba	ruabas	ruaba	ruábamos	ruabais	ruaban
	preterite	rue	ruaste	ruo	ruamos	ruasteis	ruaron
	future	ruaré	ruarás	ruará	ruaremos	ruaréis	ruarán
	conditional	ruaría	ruarías	ruaría	ruaríamos	ruaríais	ruarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rue	rues	rue	ruemos	rueis	ruen
	imperfect (ra)	ruara	ruaras	ruara	ruáramos	ruarais	ruaran
	imperfect (se)	ruase	ruases	ruase	ruásemos	ruaseis	ruasen
	future1	ruare	ruares	ruare	ruáremos	ruareis	ruaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rua	rue	ruemos	ruad	ruen
	negative		no rues	no rue	no ruemos	no rueis	no ruen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.

Further reading

• “ruar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024