mostrar

Contents

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin mōnstrāre, present active infinitive of mōnstrō.

Verb

mostrar

1. to show

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mostrar

infinitive			mostrar
gerund			mostrando
past participle			mostrau, mostrato
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros	busatros	ellos
	present	mostro	mostras	mostra	mostramos	mostraz	mostran
	imperfect	mostraba, mostrabe	mostrabas	mostraba	mostrabanos	mostrabaz	mostraban
	preterite	mostré	mostrés	mostró	mostremos	mostrez	mostroron, mostrón
	future	mostraré	mostrarás	mostrará	mostraremos	mostrarez	mostrarán
	conditional	mostraría	mostrarías	mostraría	mostrarianos	mostriaz	mostrían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros	busatros	ellos
	present	mostre	mostres	mostre	mostremos	mostrez	mostren
	imperfect	mostrase	mostrases	mostrase	mostrásenos	mostrasez	mostrasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	busatros	—
		—	mostra	—	—	mostraz	—

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan mostrar, from Latin mōnstrāre, present active infinitive of mōnstrō.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /mosˈtɾa/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /musˈtɾa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mosˈtɾaɾ/

Verb

mostrar (first-person singular present mostro, past participle mostrat)

1. to show, display

Conjugation

Conjugation of mostrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			mostrar
present participle			mostrant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mostrat		mostrada
		plural		mostrats		mostrades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mostro	mostres	mostra	mostrem	mostreu	mostren
	imperfect	mostrava	mostraves	mostrava	mostràvem	mostràveu	mostraven
	future	mostraré	mostraràs	mostrarà	mostrarem	mostrareu	mostraran
	preterite	mostrí	mostrares	mostrà	mostràrem	mostràreu	mostraren
	conditional	mostraria	mostraries	mostraria	mostraríem	mostraríeu	mostrarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	mostri	mostris	mostri	mostrem	mostreu	mostrin
	imperfect	mostrés	mostressis	mostrés	mostréssim	mostréssiu	mostressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	mostra	mostri	mostrem	mostreu	mostrin

Related terms

• demostrar

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mostrar, from Latin mōnstrāre, present active infinitive of mōnstrō.

Verb

mostrar (first-person singular present mostro, first-person singular preterite mostrei, past participle mostrado)

1. (transitive) to show

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mostrar

infinitive			mostrar
gerund			mostrando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		mostrado		mostrados
		feminine		mostrada		mostradas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	mostro	mostras	mostra	mostramos	mostrades	mostran
	imperfect	mostraba	mostrabas	mostraba	mostrabamos	mostrabades	mostraban
	preterite	mostrei	mostraches	mostrou	mostramos	mostrastes	mostraron
	pluperfect	mostrara	mostraras	mostrara	mostraramos	mostrarades	mostraran
	future	mostrarei	mostrarás	mostrará	mostraremos	mostraredes	mostrarán
	conditional	mostraría	mostrarías	mostraría	mostrariamos	mostrariades	mostrarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	mostre	mostres	mostre	mostremos	mostredes	mostren
	preterite	mostrase	mostrases	mostrase	mostrásemos	mostrásedes	mostrasen
	future	mostrar	mostrares	mostrar	mostrarmos	mostrardes	mostraren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	mostra	mostre	mostremos	mostrade	mostren
	negative	—	mostres	mostre	mostremos	mostredes	mostren
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		mostrar	mostrares	mostrar	mostrarmos	mostrardes	mostraren

Related terms

Terms related to mostrar

• amosar

• demostrar

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• muishar (Gascony)

Etymology

From Old Occitan mostrar, from Latin mōnstrāre, present active infinitive of mōnstrō.

Verb

mostrar

1. (Languedoc, transitive) to show

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin mōnstrāre, present active infinitive of mōnstrō.

Verb

mostrar

1. (transitive) to show

Related terms

• demostrar

Descendants

• Catalan: mostrar
• Occitan: mostrar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese mostrar, from Latin mōnstrāre, present active infinitive of mōnstrō.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃ.ˈtɾaɾ/

Verb

mostrar (first-person singular present indicative mostro, past participle mostrado)

1. (transitive) to show
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 143:

     Deixe-me mostrar a você...

     Let me show you...

   Mostre-o para mim. ― Show it to me.

   Eu vou te mostrar. ― I'll show you.

Conjugation

  Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb mostrar

Notes:[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mostrar
Personal	mostrar	mostrares	mostrar	mostrarmos	mostrardes	mostrarem
Gerund
	mostrando
Past participle
Masculine	mostrado			mostrados
Feminine	mostrada			mostradas
Indicative
Present	mostro	mostras	mostra	mostramos	mostrais	mostram
Imperfect	mostrava	mostravas	mostrava	mostrávamos	mostráveis	mostravam
Preterite	mostrei	mostraste	mostrou	mostramos mostrámos	mostrastes	mostraram
Pluperfect	mostrara	mostraras	mostrara	mostráramos	mostráreis	mostraram
Future	mostrarei	mostrarás	mostrará	mostraremos	mostrareis	mostrarão
Conditional
	mostraria	mostrarias	mostraria	mostraríamos	mostraríeis	mostrariam
Subjunctive
Present	mostre	mostres	mostre	mostremos	mostreis	mostrem
Imperfect	mostrasse	mostrasses	mostrasse	mostrássemos	mostrásseis	mostrassem
Future	mostrar	mostrares	mostrar	mostrarmos	mostrardes	mostrarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	mostra	mostre	mostremos	mostrai	mostrem
Negative (não)	-	mostres	mostre	mostremos	mostreis	mostrem

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mōnstrāre, present active infinitive of mōnstrō. Cognate with English muster, Italian mostrare, Occitan muishar and French montrer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mosˈtɾaɾ/, [mosˈt̪ɾaɾ]

Verb

mostrar (first-person singular present muestro, first-person singular preterite mostré, past participle mostrado)

1. (transitive) to show (have somebody see something)

   Synonyms: enseñar, indicar, señalar

Conjugation

• Rule: o becomes a ue in stressed syllables.

    Conjugation of mostrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			mostrar
gerund			mostrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mostrado		mostrada
		plural		mostrados		mostradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	muestro	muestrastú mostrásvos	muestra	mostramos	mostráis	muestran
	imperfect	mostraba	mostrabas	mostraba	mostrábamos	mostrabais	mostraban
	preterite	mostré	mostraste	mostró	mostramos	mostrasteis	mostraron
	future	mostraré	mostrarás	mostrará	mostraremos	mostraréis	mostrarán
	conditional	mostraría	mostrarías	mostraría	mostraríamos	mostraríais	mostrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	muestre	muestrestú mostrésvos2	muestre	mostremos	mostréis	muestren
	imperfect (ra)	mostrara	mostraras	mostrara	mostráramos	mostrarais	mostraran
	imperfect (se)	mostrase	mostrases	mostrase	mostrásemos	mostraseis	mostrasen
	future1	mostrare	mostrares	mostrare	mostráremos	mostrareis	mostraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		muestratú mostrávos	muestre	mostremos	mostrad	muestren
	negative		no muestres	no muestre	no mostremos	no mostréis	no muestren

• ¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
• ² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Other verbs with this conjugation:

► Spanish verbs ending in -ar (conjugation o-ue)

    Selected combined forms of mostrar^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive mostrar
	dative	mostrarme	mostrarte	mostrarle, mostrarse	mostrarnos	mostraros	mostrarles, mostrarse
	accusative	mostrarme	mostrarte	mostrarlo, mostrarla, mostrarse	mostrarnos	mostraros	mostrarlos, mostrarlas, mostrarse
with gerund mostrando
	dative	mostrándome	mostrándote	mostrándole, mostrándose	mostrándonos	mostrándoos	mostrándoles, mostrándose
	accusative	mostrándome	mostrándote	mostrándolo, mostrándola, mostrándose	mostrándonos	mostrándoos	mostrándolos, mostrándolas, mostrándose
with informal second-person singular imperative muestra
	dative	muéstrame	muéstrate	muéstrale	muéstranos	not used	muéstrales
	accusative	muéstrame	muéstrate	muéstralo, muéstrala	muéstranos	not used	muéstralos, muéstralas
with formal second-person singular imperative muestre
	dative	muéstreme	not used	muéstrele, muéstrese	muéstrenos	not used	muéstreles
	accusative	muéstreme	not used	muéstrelo, muéstrela, muéstrese	muéstrenos	not used	muéstrelos, muéstrelas
with first-person plural imperative mostremos
	dative	not used	mostrémoste	mostrémosle	mostrémonos	mostrémoos	mostrémosles
	accusative	not used	mostrémoste	mostrémoslo, mostrémosla	mostrémonos	mostrémoos	mostrémoslos, mostrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mostrad
	dative	mostradme	not used	mostradle	mostradnos	mostraos	mostradles
	accusative	mostradme	not used	mostradlo, mostradla	mostradnos	mostraos	mostradlos, mostradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative muestren
	dative	muéstrenme	not used	muéstrenle	muéstrennos	not used	muéstrenles, muéstrense
	accusative	muéstrenme	not used	muéstrenlo, muéstrenla	muéstrennos	not used	muéstrenlos, muéstrenlas, muéstrense

Related terms

Terms related to mostrar

• demostrar
• feria de muestras
• mostrador

• mostrario / muestrario
• mostrear / muestrear
• mostrenco

• mostreo / muestreo
• muestra

• premostrar
• remostrar

Further reading

• “mostrar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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Swedish

Noun

mostrar

1. indefinite plural of moster