Swedish verb

ruinera

ruin

Meaning

ruin

In Swedish: göra utfattig

Conjugation

Conjugation of ruinera (ruin)
Infinitive	att ruinera	to ruin
Present	ruinerar	jag ruinerar
Past	ruinerade	jag ruinerade
Supine	ruinerat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ruinerat	jag har ruinerat
Past perfect	hade ruinerat	jag hade ruinerat
Future	ska ruinera	or: kommer att ruinera
Conditional	skulle ruinera	jag skulle ruinera
Imperative	ruinera!	a command
Present participle	ruinerande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	ruinerad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ruinera
Infinitive	ruineras
Present	ruineras
Past	ruinerades
Supine	ruinerats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use ruinerar. See the four verb groups explained.

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ruinera in a sentence

han ruinerade sig på roulettspel
he ruined himself playing roulette
Du har ruinerat mig!
You've ruined me!

Questions

What does ruinera mean in English?

ruinera means “ruin”.

What is the past tense of ruinera?

The past tense of ruinera is ruinerade (“jag ruinerade”). The supine is ruinerat, used in “jag har ruinerat”.

What is the present tense of ruinera?

ruinerar, the same for every person: jag ruinerar, du ruinerar, vi ruinerar.

Similar words

fördärva

Origin

ruin + -era

Nearby common words

ruinera is number 5,997 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,993kvalificerad qualified, competent
5,994accent stress, accent
5,995citron lemon
5,996kanta line; trim
5,998vers verse
5,999oviktigt unimportant
6,000vek folded
6,001box box

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