Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | arruino | |
| tú | arruinas | |
| él / ella / usted | arruina | |
| nosotros / nosotras | arruinamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | arruináis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | arruinan |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | arruiné | |
| tú | arruinaste | |
| él / ella / usted | arruinó | |
| nosotros / nosotras | arruinamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | arruinasteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | arruinaron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | arruinaba | |
| tú | arruinabas | |
| él / ella / usted | arruinaba | |
| nosotros / nosotras | arruinábamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | arruinabais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | arruinaban |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | arruinaré | |
| tú | arruinarás | |
| él / ella / usted | arruinará | |
| nosotros / nosotras | arruinaremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | arruinaréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | arruinarán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | arruinaría | |
| tú | arruinarías | |
| él / ella / usted | arruinaría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | arruinaríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | arruinaríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | arruinarían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | arruine | |
| tú | arruines | |
| él / ella / usted | arruine | |
| nosotros / nosotras | arruinemos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | arruinéis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | arruinen |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- to ruin
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations