Mostrar
to show, to display
Mostrar is an o → ue stem-changing -ar verb. The diphthong appears in all present-tense forms with a stressed o; nosotros and vosotros are regular. Related verbs that share this pattern:
- Contar (to count, to tell)
- Recordar (to remember)
- Aprobar (to approve)
- Probar (to try, to prove)
- Demostrar (to demonstrate)
Participles
| Present (Gerundio) | Past (Participio) |
|---|
| mostrando | mostrado |
Indicative
| Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Conditional | Future |
|---|
| yo | muestro | mostré | mostraba | mostraría | mostraré |
| tú | muestras | mostraste | mostrabas | mostrarías | mostrarás |
| él/ella/Ud. | muestra | mostró | mostraba | mostraría | mostrará |
| nosotros | mostramos | mostramos | mostrábamos | mostraríamos | mostraremos |
| vosotros | mostráis | mostrasteis | mostrabais | mostraríais | mostraréis |
| ellos/as/Uds. | muestran | mostraron | mostraban | mostrarían | mostrarán |
Subjunctive
| Present | Imperfect | Future (Archaic) |
|---|
| yo | muestre | mostrara | mostrare |
| tú | muestres | mostraras | mostrares |
| él/ella/Ud. | muestre | mostrara | mostrare |
| nosotros | mostremos | mostráramos | mostráremos |
| vosotros | mostréis | mostrarais | mostrareis |
| ellos/as/Uds. | muestren | mostraran | mostraren |
Imperative
| Affirmative | Negative |
|---|
| tú | muestra | no muestres |
| Ud. | muestre | no muestre |
| nosotros | mostremos | no mostremos |
| vosotros | mostrad | no mostréis |
| Uds. | muestren | no muestren |