destruís

Destruís is the second-person plural present indicative form of the Spanish verb destruir, meaning "you (all) destroy." It is a conjugation used with the vosotros subject in Spain and can also appear in regions with voseo, where the form accompanies the pronoun vos and carries the same meaning.

Grammatical notes: Destruir is an -uir verb with irregular present-tense forms. In the present indicative, its forms are destruyo, destruyes, destruye, destruimos, destruís, destruyen. The vosotros and vos forms share the characteristic -ís ending, with an accented í to mark the stress: destruís. The stem undergoes a j-like substitution in some forms (destruye, destruyen) to preserve the pronunciation of the final consonant cluster.

Regional usage: In Spain, destruís is the standard form for vosotros, used in informal plural address. In many parts of Latin America, where vos is preferred (voseo), the corresponding form is destruís as well, but the pronoun used is vos instead of vosotros. In Latin American Spanish varieties that use ustedes, the second-person plural form for present indicative is ustedes destruyen, which aligns with the third-person plural variant.

Pronunciation and orthography: The accent on í indicates stress falls on the last syllable of the stem before the ending, producing des-tru-ís. The spelling preserves the usual -uí- sequence of the destruir paradigm, with the y occurring in other present-tense forms (destruimos, destruyen) to maintain the phonology of the -uir verbs.

See also: Spanish verb conjugation, destruir, voseo.