ruim

1. (comparable, feminine, masculine) bad
2. (comparable, feminine, masculine) unpleasant
3. (comparable, feminine, masculine) evil

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁuˈĩ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: ruīna

Cognate with Galician: ruín

Cognate with Spanish: ruin

Cognate with Catalan: roí

Cognate with French: ruine

In summary

From ruína, or from a Vulgar Latin root *ruīnus, ultimately from Latin ruīna. Compare Galician ruín, Spanish ruin, Catalan roí, French ruine.

Concepts

bad

👎

evil

miserable

nasty

wrong

poor

mean

wretched

lousy

rotten

no-good

horrendous

horrid

shitty

trashy

ugly

malignant

gay

ruined

finished

shoddy

base

be bad

worthless

no good

🙅

painful

paltry

Synonyms

mau

👎

feio

maléfica

sem valor

má

maléfico

vil

malvado

👎

imprestável

mau - má

mau

👎

chato

má

estranho

pouco atraente

farjuto fajuto

maldoso

maligno

repelente

repulsivo

de evolução fatal

Translations

malo

👎

κακός

schlecht

👎

cattivo

👎

übel

👎

mauvais

👎

böse

zły

slecht

👎

mal

malus

kwaad

😠

schlimm

👎

άσχημος

verkeerd

Sentences

Se marido e mulher falam com os pais , a dança é ruim .

If a husband and wife talk to their parents, the dancing is bad.

Escoteiros em uma reunião estão com educação ruim .

Boy Scouts in a meeting are poorly educated.

Tudo parece moído , ou muito ruim ou muito bom .

Everything looks ground up, or very bad or very good.

Quando a gaivota visita o fazendeiro , ruim para o pescador .

When the seagull visits the farmer, bad for the fisherman.