ruína
Portuguese, noun/ʁuˈĩ.nɐ/
ruína is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ruin (construction withered by time)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um prédio ou local destruído, decaído”.
What does ruína mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineruin (construction withered by time)
- 2
femininethe process of becoming ruined
- 3
femininethe process of becoming financially ruined
- 4
feminineruin (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
- 5
feminineruin (something which leads to serious troubles)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um prédio ou local destruído, decaído 2. a queda ou destruição de alguma coisa 3. perda completa da saúde, finanças, posição, esperança, etc 4. algo que causa queda ou destruição
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 ruína
- ruínas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ruína?
- Brazil /ʁuˈĩ.nɐ/
- Brazil [huˈĩ.nɐ]
- Brazil /ˈʁwĩ.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ruína
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ruína in Portuguese?
ruína appears 3.1 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).