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ruindade

Portuguese, noun/ʁuj̃ˈda.d͡ʒi/

ruindade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “perversity, wickedness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade do que é ruim”.

What does ruindade mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineperversity, wickedness

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. qualidade do que é ruim

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 ruindade

  • ruindades plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ruindade?

  • Brazil /ʁuj̃ˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • Brazil [huɪ̯̃ˈda.d͡ʒi]
  • /ʁuj̃ˈda.d͡ʒi/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ruindade

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ruindade in Portuguese?

ruindade appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).