ruína
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Ruínas ("ruins"), Towers of Altamira, Brión, Galicia
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin ruīna (“ruins; debris”), from ruō (“I collapse”). Cognate with Portuguese ruína and Spanish ruina.
Pronunciation
Noun
ruína f (plural ruínas)
- (usually in the plural) ruin (construction withered by time)
- Synonym: pardiñeiro
- the process of becoming ruined
- (uncountable) ruin (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
- ruin (something which leads to serious troubles)
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ruyna”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ruína”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ruína”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ruína”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese ruyna, from Latin ruīna (“ruins; debris”), from ruō (“to collapse”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ru‧í‧na
Noun
ruína f (plural ruínas)
- ruin (construction withered by time)
- Synonym: destroços
- the process of becoming ruined
- Synonyms: arruinação, arruinamento, ruinação
- the process of becoming financially ruined
- Synonyms: arruinamento, destruição, devastação, falência
- (uncountable) ruin (the state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed)
- ruin (something which leads to serious troubles)