ruinoso
Latin
Adjective
ruīnōsō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ruīnōsus
Portuguese
Etymology
From ruína + -oso, or borrowed from Latin ruīnōsus.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁujˈno.zu/ [huɪ̯ˈno.zu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁujˈno.zu/ [χuɪ̯ˈno.zu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁujˈno.zo/ [huɪ̯ˈno.zo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁujˈno.zu/
- Rhymes: -ozu
- Hyphenation: ru‧i‧no‧so
Adjective
ruinoso (feminine ruinosa, masculine plural ruinosos, feminine plural ruinosas, metaphonic)
Further reading
- “ruinoso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “ruinoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From ruina + -oso, or borrowed from Latin ruīnōsus.
Adjective
ruinoso (feminine ruinosa, masculine plural ruinosos, feminine plural ruinosas)
- ruinous, disastrous (of a business)
- dilapidated
Further reading
- “ruinoso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025