ruinoso

Latin

Adjective

ruīnōsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ruīnōsus

Portuguese

Etymology

From ruína +‎ -oso, or borrowed from Latin ruīnōsus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈno.zu/ [huɪ̯ˈno.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈno.zu/ [huɪ̯ˈno.zu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈno.zu/ [χuɪ̯ˈno.zu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈno.zo/ [huɪ̯ˈno.zo]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁujˈno.zu/

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: ru‧i‧no‧so

Adjective

ruinoso (feminine ruinosa, masculine plural ruinosos, feminine plural ruinosas, metaphonic)

1. ruinous

Further reading

• “ruinoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From ruina +‎ -oso, or borrowed from Latin ruīnōsus.

Adjective

ruinoso (feminine ruinosa, masculine plural ruinosos, feminine plural ruinosas)

1. ruinous, disastrous (of a business)
2. dilapidated

Further reading

• “ruinoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014