construir

/konsˈtɾwiɾ/, [kõnsˈt̪ɾwiɾ], /konstɾuˈiɾ/, [kõns.t̪ɾuˈiɾ]

build, build up

Gerund: construyendo

Past Participles

	Masculine	Feminine
Singular	construido	construida
Plural	construidos	construidas

Indicative

	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Conditional
yo	construyo	construía	construí	construiré	construiría
tú	construyes	construías	construiste	construirás	construirías
él/ella/Ud.	construye	construía	construyó	construirá	construiría
nosotros	construimos	construíamos	construimos	construiremos	construiríamos
vosotros	construís	construíais	construisteis	construiréis	construiríais
ellos/ellas/Uds.	construyen	construían	construyeron	construirán	construirían
vos	construís	construías	construiste	construirás	construirías

Subjunctive

	Present	Imperfect (ra)	Imperfect (se)	Future
yo	construya	construyera	construyese	construyere
tú	construyas	construyeras	construyeses	construyeres
él/ella/Ud.	construya	construyera	construyese	construyere
nosotros	construyamos	construyéramos	construyésemos	construyéremos
vosotros	construyáis	construyerais	construyeseis	construyereis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	construyan	construyeran	construyesen	construyeren
vos	construyás	construyeras	construyeses	construyeres

Imperative

Examples

El coste de construir el ferrocarril era demasiado alto.

The cost of building the railroad was too high.

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Tom abandonó su plan de construir una fábrica.

Tom abandoned his plan to build a factory.

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Logró construir una casa pequeña.

He was able to build a small house.

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El hombre inventó la bomba atómica, pero a ningún ratón jamás se le ocurriría construir una trampa de ratones.

Man invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever have thought to build a mousetrap!

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Nunca pensé que sería así de difícil construir una mesa de picnic.

I never thought it'd be this hard to build a picnic table.

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No puedo construir una casa. No tengo dinero.

I cannot build a house. I don't have money.

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Los niños estaban esperando la primera nieve para poder construir un muñeco de nieve.

The children were waiting for the first snowfall to build a snowman.

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Debiste haber hecho construir tu casa por un constructor de confianza.

You should have your house built by a trustworthy builder.

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Es casi tan absurdo como construir un reactor nuclear dentro de un castillo.

It's almost as absurd as building a nuclear reactor inside a castle.

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Gracias por construir esta pared.

Thank you for building this wall.

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