rovinare

• ruinare, ruvinare (archaic)

From Latin ruīnāre (“to ruin”). By surface analysis, rovina +‎ -are. Compare Spanish ruinar, arruinar, French ruiner, Piedmontese ruiné, ruviné.

• IPA^(key): /ro.viˈna.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: ro‧vi‧nà‧re

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1. (transitive) to ruin, to wreck, to spoil, to botch

   Synonym: sciupare

2. (intransitive) to collapse, to fall, to hurtle down, to crash down, to tumble [auxiliary essere]

   Synonyms: crollare, precipitare

   la valanga rovinò sul rifugio ― the avalanche tumbled on the mountain retreat

   1. (rare) of people
      • 1314, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno‎, lines 61–63; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: Casa Editrice Le Lettere, 1994:

        Mentre ch’i’ rovinava in basso loco, ¶ dinanzi a li occhi mi si fu offerto ¶ chi per lungo silenzio parea fioco.

        While I was rushing downward to the lowland, before my eyes presented himself he who looked dim due to long-continued silence.

3. (reflexive) See rovinarsi.

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• rovinare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• rinovare, rovinerà