canalizas

Canalizas is the second-person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb canalizar, meaning you channel or you canalize. The verb canalizar comes from canal, meaning channel, combined with the suffix -izar, used to form verbs that indicate making or directing something through a channel. The form canalizas is used when addressing someone informally (tú) in the present tense.

In everyday usage, canalizas appears in sentences such as “Tú canalizas el agua hacia el canal” or “Tú canalizas la información para que llegue a quienes la necesitan.” It functions as a verb and does not denote a separate concept on its own. Like other conjugated forms, it changes with subject pronouns and remains one of several forms in the present indicative: yo canalizo, tú canalizas, él canaliza, nosotros canalizamos, vosotros canalizáis, ellos canalizan.

Because canalizas is a verb form, it is not typically used as a noun, though capitalized instances could occur as a proper name or surname in rare cases. In standard linguistic usage, however, the term is treated as a grammatical form rather than a lexical item with a fixed standalone meaning.

See also canalización (the act or process of channeling), canalizador (a device or person that channels), and canal (a natural or artificial waterway).