To show in Spanish 🇪🇸

Pronunciation

Normal speech: mos-TRAR
IPA: /mos.’tɾar/

7 months ago

mostrar = demonstrate

In English, to show something is to “demonstrate” it. It sounds pretty similar to “mostrar” and they might even have the same root!

2 years ago

mostrar info.

**Tips to remember the word:**
– Associate “mostrar” with the English phrase “must show” since they sound somewhat similar and have the same meaning.
– Think of a museum (sounds like mostrar) where items are shown or displayed.
– Visualize someone demonstrating (mostrar in Spanish) a product or feature.

**Explanations:**
– “Mostrar” is a Spanish verb meaning “to show” or “to display.”
– It is a regular verb in the -ar conjugation group.

**Other words that mean the same thing:**
– Enseñar (to teach or show)
– Exhibir (to exhibit or display)
– Presentar (to present or introduce)

**Conjugations:**
– Infinitive: mostrar
– Present tense: muestro (I show), muestras (you show), muestra (he/she/it shows), mostramos (we show), mostráis (you all show, Spain), muestran (they show).
– Preterite (simple past): mostré, mostraste, mostró, mostramos, mostrasteis, mostraron.
– Imperfect: mostraba, mostrabas, mostraba, mostrábamos, mostrabais, mostraban.
– Future: mostraré, mostrarás, mostrará, mostraremos, mostraréis, mostrarán.
– Conditional: mostraría, mostrarías, mostraría, mostraríamos, mostraríais, mostrarían.
– Present subjunctive: muestre, muestres, muestre, mostremos, mostréis, muestren.
– Imperfect subjunctive: mostrara or mostrase, mostraras or mostrases, mostrara or mostrase, mostráramos or mostrásemos, mostrarais or mostraseis, mostraran or mostrasen.
– Future subjunctive (rarely used): mostrare, mostraress, mostrare, mostráremos, mostrareis, mostraren.
– Imperative: muestra (show, informal singular), muestre (show, formal singular), mostrad (show, informal plural Spain), muestren (show, formal plural).

**Examples of sentences that use it:**
– ¿Me puedes mostrar el camino al hotel? (Can you show me the way to the hotel?)
– La profesora mostró en la pizarra cómo se resuelve la ecuación. (The teacher showed on the board how to solve the equation.)
– El artista mostrará sus obras en la galería este fin de semana. (The artist will show his works at the gallery this weekend.)
– Si tienes frío, puedo mostrarte dónde guardamos las mantas. (If you’re cold, I can show you where we keep the blankets.)
– Cuando era niño, mi abuelo me mostraba cómo plantar vegetales en el jardín. (When I was a child, my grandfather would show me how to plant vegetables in the garden.)

a few seconds ago

mostrar info.

Tips to remember “mostrar”:
Think of “mostrar” as taking something out of storage to show it. “Mostrar” sounds a bit like “most” + “tar”, so imagine showing most of a tar-covered artifact that you’ve just discovered.

Explanations:
“Mostrar” is a verb in Spanish that means “to show” or “to display.” It can be used to describe showing something to someone physically, demonstrating how something is done, or displaying emotions.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Exhibir (to exhibit, show)
– Enseñar (to show, teach)
– Presentar (to present, introduce)

“Mostrar” is an infinitive, and here are its conjugations in different tenses:

Indicative Present:
– yo muestro (I show)
– tú muestras (you show, familiar)
– él/ella/usted muestra (he/she/you formal shows)
– nosotros/nosotras mostramos (we show)
– vosotros/vosotras mostráis (you all show, familiar in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes muestran (they, you all formal show)

Indicative Preterite (Simple Past):
– yo mostré (I showed)
– tú mostraste (you showed, familiar)
– él/ella/usted mostró (he/she/you formal showed)
– nosotros/nosotras mostramos (we showed)
– vosotros/vosotras mostrasteis (you all showed, familiar in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes mostraron (they, you all formal showed)

Indicative Future:
– yo mostraré (I will show)
– tú mostrarás (you will show, familiar)
– él/ella/usted mostrará (he/she/you formal will show)
– nosotros/nosotras mostraremos (we will show)
– vosotros/vosotras mostraréis (you all will show, familiar in Spain)
– ellos/ellas/ustedes mostrarán (they, you all formal will show)

Examples of sentences that use “mostrar”:
– Voy a mostrarle mis sellos a mi abuelo. (I am going to show my stamps to my grandfather.)
– ¿Puedes mostrarme cómo se hace esto? (Can you show me how to do this?)
– Ella mostró mucha paciencia durante la clase. (She showed a lot of patience during the class.)
– Nosotros siempre mostramos respeto a nuestros profesores. (We always show respect to our teachers.)
– Mostraron su arte en la galería el mes pasado. (They displayed their art at the gallery last month.)

2 days ago