mostra

See also: Mostra, mostrá, mostrà, and mostrâ

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔs.tɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔs.tɾa/

Noun

mostra f (plural mostres)

1. sample
2. sign
3. show, display
4. proof (of respect, gratitude...)

Verb

mostra

1. third-person singular present indicative form of mostrar
2. second-person singular imperative form of mostrar

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese mostra (“show”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); back-formation from mostrar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔstɾɐ]

Noun

mostra f (plural mostras)

1. sample
2. show
3. proof (of respect, gratitude...)
4. exhibition
5. (dated, historical) pocket clock

Related terms

• mostrar

References

• “mostra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “mostra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “mostra” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “mostra” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mostra” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Italian

Noun

mostra f (plural mostre)

1. exhibition, show

Descendants

• → German: Muster
• → Ottoman Turkish: موصطره‎ (mostra)

Verb

mostra

1. third-person singular present of mostrare
2. second-person singular imperative of mostrare

Anagrams

• mastro, smorta, stroma

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Portuguese

Etymology

Back-formation from mostrar.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔʃ.tɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔs.tɾɐ/
• Hyphenation: mos‧tra

Noun

mostra f (plural mostras)

2. exhibition; show; display (event where objects are set to be seen by the public)

   Fui a uma mostra de quadros neoclássicos. ― I went to an exhibition of neoclassical paintings.

   Synonym: exibição

4. show; display (the act of displaying something)

   Sua expressão era uma mostra de sua tristeza. ― His facial expression was a display of his sadness.

   Synonyms: demonstração, exibição, manifestação

6. (military) review (inspection of personnel and equipment)

   Synonym: revista

8. Alternative form of amostra

Verb

mostra

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of mostrar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of mostrar