construís

Construís is a Spanish verb form that corresponds to the present indicative of the verb construir. It is the second-person form used with vosotros (the main form in Spain) and, in many parts of Latin America, the second-person singular vos form. In both usages, the meaning is “you build” or “you are building,” depending on the aspect of the sentence.

Etymology and forms: construir comes from Latin construere, with the prefix con- and the root struere. In the present indicative, the standard forms are: yo construyo, tú construyes, él/ella/Ud. construye, nosotros construimos, vosotros construís, ellos construyen. The form construís carries a written accent on the í to indicate the correct stress on the final syllable.

Regional use: In Spain, construís is used with the vosotros form to address a group informally. In many countries of the Americas, the corresponding second-person plural is ustedes, which takes construyen in the present. In areas with voseo (such as Argentina, Uruguay, and parts of Central America), vos construís is used for the singular informal you, and the same spelling construís applies with the vos pronoun.

Usage notes: Construís is a present-tense form and should not be confused with other tenses of construir (for example, construye in third person singular or construyen in third person plural). As with other -ir verbs, certain dialects may display variation in related forms, especially in subjunctive or compound tenses, but the present indicative form construís remains standard for vos and for vosotros in its respective regions.

Examples:

- Vosotros construís una casa. (You all build a house.)

- Vos construís una casa. (You [vos] build a house.)

- Ustedes construyen una casa. (You all build a house.)