ruinar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ruinar m

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)

to destroy, ruin
Synonyms: arruinar, destruir

Conjugation

Conjugation of ruinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			ruinar
gerund			ruinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ruinado		ruinada
		plural		ruinados		ruinadas
		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	ruinas^{^tú} ruinás^{^vos}	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	ruines^{^tú} ruinés^{^vos²}	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		ruina^{^tú} ruiná^{^vos}	ruine	ruinemos	ruinad	ruinen
	negative		no ruines	no ruine	no ruinemos	no ruinéis	no ruinen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-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
with infinitive ruinar	accusative	ruinarme	ruinarte	ruinarlo, ruinarla, ruinarse	ruinarnos	ruinaros	ruinarlos, ruinarlas, ruinarse

with gerund ruinando	dative	ruinándome	ruinándote	ruinándole, ruinándose	ruinándonos	ruinándoos	ruinándoles, ruinándose
with gerund ruinando	accusative	ruinándome	ruinándote	ruinándolo, ruinándola, ruinándose	ruinándonos	ruinándoos	ruinándolos, ruinándolas, ruinándose

with informal second-person singular tuteo 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 voseo 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
with formal second-person singular imperative ruine	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
with first-person plural imperative ruinemos	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
with informal second-person plural imperative ruinad	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
with formal second-person plural imperative ruinen	accusative	ruínenme	not used	ruínenlo, ruínenla	ruínennos	not used	ruínenlos, ruínenlas, ruínense

Related terms

ruina