construyes

Construyes is the second-person singular present indicative form of the Spanish verb construir, used when addressing someone informal (tú). It translates roughly as “you build” or “you are building,” and the form is commonly employed in everyday speech to describe ongoing or habitual construction activity, whether literal or metaphorical.

Etymology and conjugation notes: Construir comes from Latin constructus, from con- “together” and struere “to pile up, build.” In the present indicative, construir follows the pattern of -uir verbs, which insert a y before the ending in most forms. The full present tense paradigm is: yo construyo, tú construyes, él construye, nosotros construimos, vosotros construís, ellos construyen. Thus, construyes is the tú form with the characteristic y-formation, and it carries no written accent.

Usage considerations: Construyes is used when speaking directly to someone informal. For formal address, you would use usted, whose present form is construye (third person singular). The verb can describe physical construction (building a house) or figurative development (construir un plan, un futuro).

Examples:

- Tú construyes una casa en esa parcela.

- ¿Qué construyes hoy para el proyecto?

Related terms: construir (infinitive), construcción (construction), construible (constructible). The form construyes is part of a broader set of verbs with similar spelling changes in the present tense.