ruim
Portuguese, adjective/ʁuˈĩ/
ruim is spelled R-U-I-M (4 letters) and appears 81 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,196th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruim is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “bad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mau”.
What does ruim mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinebad
- 2
femininemasculineunpleasant
- 3
femininemasculineevil
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mau 2. perverso 3. estragado 4. de mau gosto
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ruim
- ruins plural
- pior comparative
- o pior superlative
- péssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ruim?
- Brazil /ʁuˈĩ/
- Brazil [huˈĩ]
- Brazil /ˈʁwĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ruim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ruim in Portuguese?
ruim appears 81 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).