SPANISH VERB REFERENCE

mostrar

to show (have somebody see something)

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Conjugations

Present Presente

Habits, current states, and general facts.

mostrar: Present
SubjectVerb formListen
yomuestro
túmuestras
él / ella / ustedmuestra
nosotros / nosotrasmostramos
vosotros / vosotrasmostráis
ellos / ellas / ustedesmuestran

Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple

Actions viewed as completed events in the past.

mostrar: Preterite
SubjectVerb formListen
yomostré
túmostraste
él / ella / ustedmostró
nosotros / nosotrasmostramos
vosotros / vosotrasmostrasteis
ellos / ellas / ustedesmostraron

Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto

Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.

mostrar: Imperfect
SubjectVerb formListen
yomostraba
túmostrabas
él / ella / ustedmostraba
nosotros / nosotrasmostrábamos
vosotros / vosotrasmostrabais
ellos / ellas / ustedesmostraban

Future Futuro simple

Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.

mostrar: Future
SubjectVerb formListen
yomostraré
túmostrarás
él / ella / ustedmostrará
nosotros / nosotrasmostraremos
vosotros / vosotrasmostraréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesmostrarán

Conditional Condicional simple

Hypothetical events and some polite requests.

mostrar: Conditional
SubjectVerb formListen
yomostraría
túmostrarías
él / ella / ustedmostraría
nosotros / nosotrasmostraríamos
vosotros / vosotrasmostraríais
ellos / ellas / ustedesmostrarían

Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo

Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.

mostrar: Present subjunctive
SubjectVerb formListen
yomuestre
túmuestres
él / ella / ustedmuestre
nosotros / nosotrasmostremos
vosotros / vosotrasmostréis
ellos / ellas / ustedesmuestren

Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.

Meaning & usage

  • to show (have somebody see something)
  • to demonstrate or display

English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗

Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations

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