rovinare

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Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ruīnāre (“to ruin”). By surface analysis, rovina +‎ -are. Compare Spanish ruinar, arruinar, French ruiner, Piedmontese ruiné, ruviné.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ro.viˈna.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: ro‧vi‧nà‧re

Verb

rovinàre (first-person singular present rovìno, first-person singular past historic rovinài, past participle rovinàto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)

  1. (transitive) to ruin, to wreck, to spoil, to botch
    Synonym: sciupare
  2. (intransitive) to collapse, to fall, to hurtle down, to crash down, to tumble
    Synonyms: crollare, precipitare
    la valanga rovinò sul rifugio ― the avalanche tumbled on the mountain retreat
    1. (rare) of people
      • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell]‎, lines 61–63; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
        Mentre ch’i’ rovinava in basso loco, ¶ dinanzi a li occhi mi si fu offerto ¶ chi per lungo silenzio parea fioco.
        While I was rushing downward to the lowland, before my eyes presented himself he who looked dim due to long-continued silence.
  3. (reflexive) See rovinarsi.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rovinàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive rovinàre
auxiliary verb avére1, èssere2 gerund rovinàndo
present participle rovinànte past participle rovinàto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present rovìno rovìni rovìna roviniàmo rovinàte rovìnano
imperfect rovinàvo rovinàvi rovinàva rovinavàmo rovinavàte rovinàvano
past historic rovinài rovinàsti rovinò rovinàmmo rovinàste rovinàrono
future rovinerò rovinerài rovinerà rovinerémo rovineréte rovinerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present rovinerèi rovinerésti rovinerèbbe, rovinerébbe rovinerémmo rovineréste rovinerèbbero, rovinerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present rovìni rovìni rovìni roviniàmo roviniàte rovìnino
imperfect rovinàssi rovinàssi rovinàsse rovinàssimo rovinàste rovinàssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
rovìna rovìni roviniàmo rovinàte rovìnino
negative imperative non rovinàre non rovìni non roviniàmo non rovinàte non rovìnino

1Transitive.
2Intransitive.

Further reading

  • rovinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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