mostrar

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin mōnstrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mosˈtɾa(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: mos‧trar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

mostrar

1. to show

Conjugation

Conjugation of mostrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			mostrar
gerund			mostrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mostrau, mostrato		mostrada, mostrata
		plural		mostraus, mostratos		mostradas, mostratas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	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	mostraríanos	mostraríaz	mostrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú	él	nusatros nusatras	vusatros vusatras	ellos/els ellas
	present	mostre	mostres	mostre	mostremos	mostrez	mostren
	imperfect	mostrase	mostrases	mostrase	mostrasenos	mostrasez	mostrasen
imperative		—	tú	—	—	vusatros vusatras	—
		—	mostra	—	—	mostraz	—

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan mostrar, from Latin mōnstrāre. First attested in the 12th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [musˈtɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mosˈtɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mosˈtɾaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

mostrar (first-person singular present mostro, first-person singular preterite mostrí, past participle mostrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to show, display

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mostrar (first conjugation)

infinitive			mostrar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	mostra	mostri	mostrem	mostreu	mostrin
	negative (no)	—	no mostris	no mostri	no mostrem	no mostreu	no mostrin

Related terms

• demostrar
• mostra

Further reading

• “mostrar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “mostrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “mostrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mostrar, from Latin mōnstrāre.

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to show

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mostrar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	mostrar
Personal	mostrar	mostrares	mostrar	mostrarmos	mostrardes	mostraren
Gerund
	mostrando
Past participle
Masculine	mostrado			mostrados
Feminine	mostrada			mostradas
Indicative
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
Present	mostre	mostres	mostre	mostremos	mostredes	mostren
Imperfect	mostrase	mostrases	mostrase	mostrásemos	mostrásedes	mostrasen
Future	mostrar	mostrares	mostrar	mostrarmos	mostrardes	mostraren
Imperative
Affirmative		mostra	mostre	mostremos	mostrade	mostren
Negative (non)		non mostres	non mostre	non mostremos	non mostredes	non mostren

    Reintegrated conjugation of mostrar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / 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	mostrades, mostrais	mostram
Imperfect	mostrava	mostravas	mostrava	mostrávamos	mostrávades, mostráveis, mostrávais1	mostravam
Preterite	mostrei	mostraste, mostrache1	mostrou	mostramos	mostrastes	mostrárom, mostraram
Pluperfect	mostrara	mostraras	mostrara	mostráramos	mostrárades, mostráreis, mostrárais1	mostraram
Future	mostrarei	mostrarás	mostrará	mostraremos	mostraredes, mostrareis	mostrarám, mostrarão
Conditional	mostraria	mostrarias	mostraria	mostraríamos	mostraríades, mostraríeis, mostraríais1	mostrariam
Subjunctive
Present	mostre	mostres	mostre	mostremos	mostredes, mostreis	mostrem
Imperfect	mostrasse	mostrasses	mostrasse	mostrássemos	mostrássedes, mostrásseis	mostrassem
Future	mostrar	mostrares	mostrar	mostrarmos	mostrardes	mostrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		mostra	mostre	mostremos	mostrade, mostrai	mostrem
Negative (nom)		nom mostres	nom mostre	nom mostremos	nom mostredes, nom mostreis	nom mostrem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• amosar
• demostrar

Occitan

Alternative forms

• muishar (Gascony)

Etymology

From Old Occitan mostrar, from Latin mōnstrāre. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Verb

mostrar

1. (Languedoc, transitive) to show

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• mòstra

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin mōnstrāre.

Verb

mostrar

1. (transitive) to show

Related terms

• demostrar

Descendants

• Occitan: mostrar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• amostrar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mostrar, from Latin mōnstrāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mosˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [mosˈtɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mosˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [mosˈtɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /mosˈtɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moʃˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [moʃˈtɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mosˈtɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃˈtɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃˈtɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /muʃˈtɾa.ɾi/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to show

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

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

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 143:

     Deixe-me mostrar a você...

     Let me show you...

2. reflexive of mostrar
3. to show off (to demonstrate something for the purpose of bragging)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mostrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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	mostramos1, mostrámos2	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)		não mostres	não mostre	não mostremos	não mostreis	não mostrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mōnstrāre. Cognate with English muster, Italian mostrare, Occitan muishar and French montrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mosˈtɾaɾ/ [mosˈt̪ɾaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mos‧trar

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

   Quiero mostrarte el jardín

   I want to show you the garden.

   Muéstrame el camino.

   Show me the way.

2. to demonstrate or display

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mostrar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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

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

    Selected combined forms of mostrar (o-ue alternation)

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 tú imperative muestra	dative	muéstrame	muéstrate	muéstrale	muéstranos	not used	muéstrales
	accusative	muéstrame	muéstrate	muéstralo, muéstrala	muéstranos	not used	muéstralos, muéstralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mostrá	dative	mostrame	mostrate	mostrale	mostranos	not used	mostrales
	accusative	mostrame	mostrate	mostralo, mostrala	mostranos	not used	mostralos, mostralas
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

Derived terms

• mostrar la hilacha

Related terms

• demostrar
• feria de muestras
• mostrador
• mostrario, muestrario
• mostrear, muestrear
• mostrenco
• mostreo, muestreo
• muestra
• premostrar
• remostrar

Further reading

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

Swedish

Noun

mostrar

1. indefinite plural of moster

Anagrams

• stormar