Spanish Verb DESTRUIR - to destroy. Irregular IR family

Spanish Verb DESTRUIR: to destroy

The Spanish verb destruir means 'to destroy' and is an irregular Spanish IR verb.

To remember this, imagine they DESTROY the WEIR in a war!

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to destroy: destruir
Imagine they DESTROY the WEIR in a war!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE DESTRUIR - to destroy
Simple Tenses - Spanish Verb destruir
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente destroy	destruyo	destruyes	destruye	destruimos	destruís	destruyen
Imperfect Imperfecto destroyed	destruía	destruías	destruía	destruíamos	destruíais	destruían
Preterit Pretérito destroyed	destruí	destruiste	destruyó	destruimos	destruisteis	destruyeron
Future Futuro will destroy	destruiré	destruirás	destruirá	destruiremos	destruiréis	destruirán
Conditional Condicional would destroy	destruiría	destruirías	destruiría	destruiríamos	destruiríais	destruirían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may destroy	destruya	destruyas	destruya	destruyamos	destruyáis	destruyan
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subj. might destroy	destruyera	destruyeras	destruyera	destruyéramos	destruyerais	destruyeran
	destruyese	destruyeses	destruyese	destruyésemos	destruyeseis	destruyesen
Imperatives Spanish Verb destruir - to destroy
Imperative Imperativo destroy!		¡destruye!	¡destruya!	¡destruyamos!	¡destruid!	¡destruyan!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't destroy!		¡no destruyas!	¡no destruya!	¡no destruyamos!	¡no destruyáis!	¡no destruyan!
Compound Tenses of the Spanish Verb DESTRUIR Past Participle: destruido - destroyed
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have destroyed	he destruido	has destruido	ha destruido	hemos destruido	habéis destruido	han destruido
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had destroyed	hube destruido	hubiste destruido	hubo destruido	hubimos destruido	hubisteis destruido	hubieron destruido
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had destroyed	había destruido	habías destruido	había destruido	habíamos destruido	habíais destruido	habían destruido
Present Perfect Subj Presente Perfecto Subj may have destroyed	haya destruido	hayas destruido	haya destruido	hayamos destruido	hayáis destruido	hayan destruido
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have destroyed	habré destruido	habrás destruido	habrá destruido	habremos destruido	habréis destruido	habrán destruido
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have destroyed	habría destruido	habrías destruido	habría destruido	habríamos destruido	habríais destruido	habrían destruido
Pluperfect Subjunctive Pluscuamperf. de sbj might have destroyed	hubiera destruido	hubieras destruido	hubiera destruido	hubiéramos destruido	hubierais destruido	hubieran destruido
	hubiese destruido	hubieses destruido	hubiese destruido	hubiésemos destruido	hubieseis destruido	hubiesen destruido
Progressive Tenses DESTRUIR Present Participle: destruyendo - destroying
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am destroying	estoy destruyendo	estás destruyendo	está destruyendo	estamos destruyendo	está destruyendo	están destruyendo
Preterit Progressive Pretérito Prog was destroying	estuve destruyendo	estuviste destruyendo	estuvo destruyendo	estuvimos destruyendo	estuvisteis destruyendo	estuvieron destruyendo
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto Prog had been destroying	estaba destruyendo	estabas destruyendo	estaba destruyendo	estábamos destruyendo	estabais destruyendo	estaban destruyendo
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto Prog will be destroying	estaré destruyendo	estarás destruyendo	estará destruyendo	estaremos destruyendo	estaréis destruyendo	estarán destruyendo
Conditional Progressive Condicional perf. prog. would have been ...ing	estaría destruyendo	estarías destruyendo	estabría destruyendo	estaríamos destruyendo	estaríais destruyendo	estarían destruyendo
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo Progressivo may've been ...ing	que ~ destruyendo	que ~ destruyendo	que ~ destruyendo	que ~ destruyendo	que ~ destruyendo	que ~ destruyendo

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MORE about the SPANISH VERB DESTRUIR

USING the SPANISH VERB DESTRUIR

destruir can also mean: to damage, to ruin, to wreck.
Destruyendo todo a su paso: Destroying everything in their way.

la destrucción (nf): destruction.
destructivo, a (adj): destructive.
la destructividad (nf): destructiveness.

destructor (nm): destroyer.
destructor/ora (adj m/f): destructive.
El muro de Berlin fue destruido en 1989: The Berlin wall was destroyed in 1989.
el destructor (nm): destroyer (ship).

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular IR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos destruís
Imperativo: ¡destruí!

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