Polyglot Dictionary

ruína

/ˈxwinɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as ruínas

Meaning

  1. ruin

    • A casa é uma ruína.

      The house is a ruin.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Ruine

Ruine is the German word for the same thing — both mean "ruin."

Spanish

ruina

ruina is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "ruin."

French

ruine

ruine is the French word for the same thing — both mean "ruin."

Practice

1 What does ruína mean?

2 Fill the gap: A casa é uma ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches ruína?

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