ruim

👎

Meaning

(feminine,masculine) bad
(feminine,masculine) unpleasant
(feminine,masculine) evil

Frequency

Hyphenated as

ru‧im

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁuˈĩ/

Etymology

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

Cognate with Galician

ruín

Cognate with Spanish

ruin

Cognate with Catalan

roí

Cognate with French

ruine

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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.

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