ruína
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese ruyna, from Latin ruīna (“ruins; debris”), from ruō (“I collapse”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁu.ˈi.na/, /ʁu.ˈi.nɐ/, /ˈʁwi.nɐ/
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /hu.ˈi.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁu.ˈi.nɐ/, /ˈʁwi.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: ru‧í‧na
Noun
ruína f (plural ruínas)
- ruin (construction withered by time)
- Synonym: destroços
- the process of becoming ruined
- Synonyms: arruinação, arruinamento, ruinação
- the process of becoming financially ruined
- Synonyms: arruinamento, destruição, devastação, falência
- (uncountable) ruin (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
- ruin (something which leads to serious troubles)
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