Ruina in english
Ruin
pronunciation: ruən part of speech: noun, verb
pronunciation: ruən part of speech: noun, verb
In gestures
ruina = destruction ; ruin ; downfall ; undoing ; bust ; obliteration ; bane ; labefaction ; rack and ruin ; nemesis.
Example: In the event of a serious accident (a fire, deliberate destruction, or a computer error) nothing will happen to the records vital to the operation of the library.Example: Information deprivation can be found among a very broad band of the population, including all those citizens whose life styles contribute towards the ruin of their environment.Example: What this time will be the cause of his slapstick downfall?.Example: At the dinner party, eating nearly proved the undoing of Peter, who ran the danger of becoming a pie himself.Example: The article 'El Dorado or bust?' warns that the electronic market is changing.Example: The article is entitled 'The wayward bookman: the decline, fall and historical obliteration of an ALA president'.Example: The article is entitled 'Donation of books to libraries: bane or blessing'.Example: The natural result of this labefaction is the Delaware neonate killing by a freshman couple.Example: The policies that the Mugabe government have taken have lead the country to economic and political rack and ruin.Example: When possible the victim will disappear upon the approach of the nemesis.more:
» abandonado y en ruinas = derelict .
Example: The author reflects on the process and problems of adapting a derelict listed building for a new library.» causar ruina a = bring + ruin to .
Example: He was portrayed as a warmonger who had brought ruin to the state.» convertirse en ruinas = go to + ruin ; fall (in)to + ruin(s) .
Example: Action is urgently needed to stop our village going to ruin = Se necesitan medidas urgentes para evitar que nuestro pueblo se vaya a la ruina. Example: The abbey fell into ruin after the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII, and now very little of it remains.» edificio que amenaza ruina = condemned building .
Example: Property with a condemned building on it is generally less valuable than bare land, because you've got the expense of getting rid of the condemned building.» en la ruina = in chapter 11 [En los Estados Unidos, 'Chapter 11' se refiere a una ley por la cual aquellas empresas que están en quiebra tienen un período de gracia para seguir funcionando de modo que puedan pagar las deudas a sus acreedores] ; in dire straits .
Example: And we all know that both U.S. Airways and United Airlines are in 'Chapter 11,' with other major airlines not far behind. Example: Egypt's Internet situation is in dire straits after two undersea cables in the Mediterranean were accidentally severed yesterday.» en ruinas = in ruins ; ruined ; in shambles ; upside down ; cratering .
Example: By then the church was in ruins and Apaches delivered the coup de grâce by torching its remaining timbers and other wooden elements. Example: The beach is a ruined landscape, eerily quiet, save for the hum of mechanical diggers searching for yet more corpses. Example: He warns today in his annual letter to shareholders that the economy 'will be in shambles throughout 2009'. Example: Now, she just sat on the floor amidst the chaos feeling as if everything was upside down. Example: Obama inherited a cratering economy while Trump an economy running on all cylinders.» estar en ruinas = be a (complete) shambles ; be (in) a (real) mess .
Example: While the economy is a 'shambles' and likely to stay that way for some time, he remains optimistic there will eventually be a recovery over a period of years. Example: The economy is in a real mess now, and we need to create as many jobs as possible.» irse a la ruina = go to + ruin .
Example: Action is urgently needed to stop our village going to ruin = Se necesitan medidas urgentes para evitar que nuestro pueblo se vaya a la ruina.» llevar a la ruina = spell + disaster ; spell + doom for .
Example: Trying to reach every market can spell disaster for small businesses, who cannot afford to spread themselves too thin. Example: So in the wrong hands, this technology could spell doom for many innocent people.» quedar en ruinas = go to + ruin ; fall (in)to + ruin(s) .
Example: Action is urgently needed to stop our village going to ruin = Se necesitan medidas urgentes para evitar que nuestro pueblo se vaya a la ruina. Example: The abbey fell into ruin after the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII, and now very little of it remains.» ruina de + Nombre, la = bane of + Nombre, the ; curse of + Nombre, the .
Example: This process has become a source of frustration and time-consuming, bureaucratic manoeuvering which appears to be the bane of acquisitions librarians everywhere. Example: The curse of professionalism is its tendency to distract the specialist's attention from his basic function by concentrating his thinking on a multiplicity of details.» suponer la ruina = spell + disaster ; spell + doom for .
Example: Trying to reach every market can spell disaster for small businesses, who cannot afford to spread themselves too thin. Example: So in the wrong hands, this technology could spell doom for many innocent people.