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ruín

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See also: ruin

Galician

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Etymology

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From ruína, or from a Vulgar Latin root *ruīnus, ultimately from Latin ruīna. Compare Portuguese ruim, Spanish ruin, Catalan roí.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ruˈiŋ/ [ruˈiŋ]
  • Rhymes: -iŋ
  • Hyphenation: ru‧ín

Adjective

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ruín m or f (plural ruíns)

  1. bad
    • 1555, Hernán Núñez, Refranes en Romance:
      As veces ruyn gadela roy boa correa
      Sometimes a bad bitch gnaws a good leash
    Synonyms: malo, mao
  2. mean, miserly, stingy
    Synonyms: cutre, mesquiño
  3. shoddy, of bad quality
    • 1805, anonymous, "Representación dos veciños da Pontedeva", in Ramón Mariño Paz, 2008, Papés d'emprenta condenada. A escrita galega entre 1797 e 1846, page 21-23:
      non pode querer ó noso Rey que lle paguemos un carto polo neto do viño, que non podemos vender á ochavo. Os probes non comemos mais ca un pouco de pan, ou bróa ruin, e unhas berzas sin adubo. Si nos quita a pinga do viño, ¿que forza emos ter para traballar as terras?
      our King can't pretend that we pay a quarter by each pint of wine [we consume], when we can't even sell it for half a quarter. We the poor people eat but a little bread, or bad black bread, and some greens without seasoning. If He takes this little wine, what strength we'll have left for working the lands?
    Synonyms: cativo, cutre, mesquiño, perralleiro

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