ruina

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ruina
feminine noun
1ruin (quiebra)
  • dejar en o llevar a la ruina a alguien -> to ruin somebody
  • estar en la ruina -> to be ruined
  • su negocio es una ruina -> his business is swallowing up his money
2destruction (destrucción)
  • amenazar ruina -> to be about to collapse (edificio)
  • el alcohol será su ruina -> drink will be the ruin o ruination of him
also:
  • ruinas -> ruins (de una construcción)
3wreck (persona)
  • estar hecho una ruina -> to be a wreck

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ruina [roo-ee’-nah]
noun
1Ruin, decline, downfall, destruction (de esperanzas), confusion, overthrow, fall (del imperio). (f)
  • Será mi ruina -> it will be the ruin of me
noun, plural
2Ruins of an edifice.
  • Ir en ruina -> to be destroyed, to go to ruin
3Cause of ruin, decadence.

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ruina
sustantivo:femenino
1 (Economía) ruin
estaba al borde de la ruina he was on the brink of (financial) ruin; la empresa le llevó a la ruina the venture ruined him (financially); estar en la ruina to be ruined; tanto gastar en viajes va a ser mi ruina spending all this money on travel is going to cost me a fortune
la ruina económica del país
2 [de edificio] collapse
amenazar ruina to threaten to collapse; be about to fall down
esta casa amenaza ruina
3 [de imperio] fall; decline; [de persona] ruin; downfall
el alcohol va a ser mi ruina alcohol will be the ruin of me; alcohol will be my downfall; esto contribuyó a su ruina política this contributed to his political downfall
4 (persona ajada)
estar hecho una ruina to be a wreck; look a wreck
5 ruinas ruins
han descubierto unas ruinas romanas they have discovered some Roman ruins; el castillo está en ruinas the castle is in ruins
6 (Jur) (muy_familiar) bird; (muy_familiar) prison sentence

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