ruína
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin ruīna (“ruins; debris”), from ruō (“I collapse”). Cognate with Portuguese ruína and Spanish ruina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- “ruyna” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “ruína” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “ruína” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “ruína” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese ruyna, from Latin ruīna (“ruins; debris”), from ruō (“to collapse”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ru‧í‧na
Noun edit
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)