ruir
Portuguese, verb/ʁuˈi(ʁ)/
ruir is spelled R-U-I-R (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 33,746th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ruir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to collapse (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desmoronar, desabar”.
What does ruir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to collapse (to fall down suddenly; to cave in)
- 2
to collapse
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desmoronar, desabar 2. falhar, deixar de funcionar
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 ruir
- rui present singular third-person
- ruí first-person preterite singular
- ruído participle past
- ruíres infinitive second-person singular
- ruirmos first-person infinitive plural
- ruirdes infinitive plural second-person
- ruírem infinitive plural third-person
- ruindo gerund
- ruídos masculine participle past
- ruída feminine participle past
- ruídas feminine participle past
- ruis indicative present second-person
- ruímos first-person indicative plural
- ruís indicative plural present
- ruem indicative plural present
- ruía first-person imperfect indicative
- ruías imperfect indicative second-person
- ruíamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ruir?
- Brazil /ʁuˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [huˈi(h)]
- Brazil /ˈʁwi(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ruir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ruir in Portuguese?
ruir appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).