construir

construir (first-person singular indicative present construyo, past participle construíu)

1. Alternative form of construyir

Borrowed from Latin cōnstruere, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

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construir (first-person singular present construeixo, first-person singular preterite construí, past participle construït)

1. to build; to construct

• reconstruir

Borrowed from Latin cōnstruere.

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• Hyphenation: cons‧tru‧ir

construir (first-person singular present construo, first-person singular preterite construí, past participle construído)

1. to build
2. to construct

• destruir

Borrowed from Latin cōnstruere.

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• IPA^(key): /konsˈtɾwiɾ/ , /konstɾuˈiɾ/
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: cons‧truir, cons‧tru‧ir

construir (first-person singular present construyo, first-person singular preterite construí, past participle construido)

1. to build

   El año pasado, construyeron muchos apartamentos.

   They built a lot of apartments last year.

   • 2020, “Yóok 'ol kaab Maya”, performed by Cemican:

     Deja que la turquesa construya un templo azul

     Let the turquoise build a blue temple

2. to construct

• deconstruir
• destruir

• “construir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10