Meaning
to ruin, to wreck, to spoil, to botch
- to collapse, to fall, to hurtle down, to crash down, to tumble
- See rovinarsi.
In a sentence
Non rovinare la cena con quella salsa.
Don't ruin dinner with that sauce.
Hai rovinato il mio maglione in lavatrice?
Did you ruin my sweater in the washing machine?
Con la pioggia, il legno può rovinare.
With rain, wood can get damaged.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| rovinare | infinitive |
| roviniamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| rovino | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| rovinate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rovini | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rovinano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rovina | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rovinavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rovinavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rovinavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rovinavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rovinavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rovinava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rovinammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| rovinai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| rovinaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| rovinasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| rovinarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| rovinò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| rovineremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| rovinerò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| rovinerete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| rovinerai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| rovineranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| rovinerà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| roviniamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| rovini | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| roviniate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rovini | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rovinino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rovini | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| rovinassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| rovinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| rovinaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| rovinassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| rovinassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| rovinasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| rovineremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| rovinerei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| rovinereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| rovineresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| rovinerebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| rovinerebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| roviniamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| rovinate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| rovina | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| rovinando | gerund |
| rovinato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Use rovinare for damaging things, plans, or moods; rompere is more for physically breaking an object.
- For reflexive rovinarsi, use essere in compound tenses: si è rovinato, not ha rovinato, when the subject suffers damage.
- Very common in everyday speech: Mi hai rovinato la giornata means “You ruined my day,” not necessarily anything physically damaged.