1 (building) ruina (f) the ruins of a castle las ruinas or los restos de un castillo
it was very splendid once, but it is a ruin now there's only the mountain in this direction, and higher up an old ruin, an abandoned castle one dead child was found in the ruins almost two hours after the explosion some of the houses were no more than ruins he stood very still, staring in at the ruins of his work
to fall into ruin convertirse en ruinas
the villages are crumbling into ruin rock band Genesis has been accused of letting one of Scotland's most beautiful mansions fall into ruin the abandoned house quickly fell into ruin the vineyards were falling into ruin
the town lay or was in ruins la ciudad estaba en ruinas
the abbey was in ruins within Germany, the city of Berlin lay in ruins the splendid medieval castle, partly in ruins, stands on a crag the city [rose] from the ruins the new Turkish republic he helped to build emerged from the ruins of a great empire
2 ruina (f); perdición (f) he faced the prospect of financial ruin se enfrentaba a la posibilidad de la ruina económica or de acabar en la bancarrota; her hopes were in ruins sus esperanzas estaban destruidas; my life/career is in ruins mi vida/carrera está destruida or arruinada; drink will be his ruin or the ruin of him el alcohol será su ruina or su perdición
ruin stared us in the face he presided over the ruin of the country's economy he contemplated the ruins of his life with sadness they created a nation on the ruins of that empire the ruins of one's career/reputation the Party was founded on the ruins of the Federal Party who can lead Russia out of the ruins of communism? past policies had led to the ruin of the countryside the captain's career lay in ruins their once robust economy now lies in ruins the Tory party was in ruins Somalia as a nation and society lies in ruins a couple whose marriage is in ruins its heavily-subsidized economy is in ruins this country was once proud of its education system - now it seems to be in ruins to [bring] sth/sb to ruin he has never touched anyhting in his life without bringing it to ruin the farmers say recent inflation has brought them to the brink of ruin she was bent on bringing Arthur to his ruin to [go] to ruin she wasn't going to let her plans go to ruin
the country has gone to ruin el país se ha arruinado
he described the broken churches, the land gone to ruin it will be the ruin [of] him you will be the ruin of me the poor should not have the same hopes as the rich, or it will be the ruin of us all
