ruinar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ruinar m

1. indefinite plural of ruin

Spanish

Etymology

From ruina +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rwiˈnaɾ/ [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

Related terms

• ruina

 

Further reading

• “ruinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28