ruinar

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ruinar m

  1. indefinite plural of ruin

Spanish

Etymology

From ruina +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rwiˈnaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: rui‧nar

Verb

ruinar (first-person singular present ruino, first-person singular preterite ruiné, past participle ruinado)

  1. to destroy, ruin
    Synonyms: arruinar, destruir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ruinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive ruinar
gerund ruinando
past participle masculine feminine
singular ruinado ruinada
plural ruinados ruinadas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ruino ruinastú
ruinásvos 		ruina ruinamos ruináis ruinan
imperfect ruinaba ruinabas ruinaba ruinábamos ruinabais ruinaban
preterite ruiné ruinaste ruinó ruinamos ruinasteis ruinaron
future ruinaré ruinarás ruinará ruinaremos ruinaréis ruinarán
conditional ruinaría ruinarías ruinaría ruinaríamos ruinaríais ruinarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ruine ruinestú
ruinésvos2 		ruine ruinemos ruinéis ruinen
imperfect
(ra) 		ruinara ruinaras ruinara ruináramos ruinarais ruinaran
imperfect
(se) 		ruinase ruinases ruinase ruinásemos ruinaseis ruinasen
future1 ruinare ruinares ruinare ruináremos ruinareis ruinaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative ruinatú
ruinávos 		ruine ruinemos ruinad ruinen
negative no ruines no ruine no ruinemos no ruinéis no ruinen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of ruinar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive ruinar dative ruinarme ruinarte ruinarle, ruinarse ruinarnos ruinaros ruinarles, ruinarse
accusative ruinarme ruinarte ruinarlo, ruinarla, ruinarse ruinarnos ruinaros ruinarlos, ruinarlas, ruinarse
with gerund ruinando dative ruinándome ruinándote ruinándole, ruinándose ruinándonos ruinándoos ruinándoles, ruinándose
accusative ruinándome ruinándote ruinándolo, ruinándola, ruinándose ruinándonos ruinándoos ruinándolos, ruinándolas, ruinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ruina dative ruíname ruínate ruínale ruínanos not used ruínales
accusative ruíname ruínate ruínalo, ruínala ruínanos not used ruínalos, ruínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ruiná dative ruiname ruinate ruinale ruinanos not used ruinales
accusative ruiname ruinate ruinalo, ruinala ruinanos not used ruinalos, ruinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative ruine dative ruíneme not used ruínele, ruínese ruínenos not used ruíneles
accusative ruíneme not used ruínelo, ruínela, ruínese ruínenos not used ruínelos, ruínelas
with first-person plural imperative ruinemos dative not used ruinémoste ruinémosle ruinémonos ruinémoos ruinémosles
accusative not used ruinémoste ruinémoslo, ruinémosla ruinémonos ruinémoos ruinémoslos, ruinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ruinad dative ruinadme not used ruinadle ruinadnos ruinaos ruinadles
accusative ruinadme not used ruinadlo, ruinadla ruinadnos ruinaos ruinadlos, ruinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ruinen dative ruínenme not used ruínenle ruínennos not used ruínenles, ruínense
accusative ruínenme not used ruínenlo, ruínenla ruínennos not used ruínenlos, ruínenlas, ruínense

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