ruína

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

• IPA^(key): /ruˈina/ [ruˈi.nɐ]
• Rhymes: -ina

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)

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ruyna”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• 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

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

• Hyphenation: ru‧í‧na

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)