ruin

ruin
I 1. ['ruːɪn]
nome
1) U (collapse) (physical) rovina f., distruzione f.; (financial) rovina f., fallimento m.; (moral) rovina f., fine f.

in a state of ruin — [building] in rovina

to fall into ruin — andare o cadere in rovina

2) (building) rovine f.pl.
2.
nome plurale ruins rovine f., resti m., ruderi m.

in ruins — distrutto, rovinato (anche fig.)

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to go to rack and ruin — andare in rovina, in malora

II ['ruːɪn]
verbo transitivo
1) (destroy) distruggere [career, economy]

to ruin one's health — rovinarsi la salute

2) (spoil) rovinare [holiday, clothes]; rovinare, guastare [meal]; fig. viziare [child, pet]

it's ruining our lives — ci sta rovinando la vita

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['ru:in] 1. noun
1) (a broken, collapsed or decayed state: the ruin of a city.) rovina, rudere
2) (a cause of collapse, decay etc: Drink was his ruin.) rovina
3) (financial disaster; complete loss of money: The company is facing ruin.) crollo, disastro
2. verb
1) (to cause ruin to: The scandal ruined his career.) rovinare
2) (to spoil; to treat too indulgently: You are ruining that child!) rovinare
- ruined
- ruins
- in ruins
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ruin /ˈru:ɪn/
n. [uc]
1 rovina (anche fig.); crollo: to fall into ruin, cadere in rovina; The cathedral has gone to ruin, la cattedrale è andata in rovina; Ambition was his ruin (o the ruin of him), l'ambizione è stata la sua rovina; the ruin of all my hopes, la fine di tutte le mie speranze
2 (spesso al pl.) rovina; rudere: the ruins of Roman Bath, i ruderi della Bath romana
3 rovina; disastro finanziario: financial [economic] ruin, rovina finanziaria [economica]; Investors are facing ruin, gli investitori devono far fronte al disastro finanziario; The economy is on the road to ruin, l'economia sta andando verso la rovina
to bring to ruin, mandare in rovina; rovinare □ (anche fig.) to lie [to tumble] in ruins, essere [cadere] in rovina: At the end of the war the country lay in ruins, alla fine della guerra, il paese era in rovina; Her whole life lay in ruins, tutta la sua vita era rovinata.
♦ (to) ruin /ˈru:ɪn/
v. t.
1 rovinare; distruggere (anche fig.): The crop was ruined by the rain, il raccolto è stato distrutto dalla pioggia; I've ruined my new shoes, ho rovinato le mie scarpe nuove; to ruin sb.'s hopes, distruggere le speranze di qc.; to ruin sb.'s career [fun], rovinare la carriera [il divertimento] a q.; He has ruined his chances of going to university, ha buttato via le sue chance di andare all'università
2 rovinare; mandare in rovina: Gambling ruined him, il gioco d'azzardo lo ha mandato in rovina
3 (arc.) rovinare, sedurre (una ragazza).
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I 1. ['ruːɪn]
nome
1) U (collapse) (physical) rovina f., distruzione f.; (financial) rovina f., fallimento m.; (moral) rovina f., fine f.

in a state of ruin — [building] in rovina

to fall into ruin — andare o cadere in rovina

2) (building) rovine f.pl.
2.
nome plurale ruins rovine f., resti m., ruderi m.

in ruins — distrutto, rovinato (anche fig.)

••

to go to rack and ruin — andare in rovina, in malora

II ['ruːɪn]
verbo transitivo
1) (destroy) distruggere [career, economy]

to ruin one's health — rovinarsi la salute

2) (spoil) rovinare [holiday, clothes]; rovinare, guastare [meal]; fig. viziare [child, pet]

it's ruining our lives — ci sta rovinando la vita


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