Spanish Verb Mostrar Conjugation, Usage, and Examples

The Spanish verb mostrar means to show. A similar verb in Spanish is enseà ±ar (to teach or show). The following are some examples of how the verb mostrar can be used: Mostrar can mean to make something visible, to demonstrate or exhibit: El vendedor muestra sus productos (The salesman shows his products).Mostrar can be used to talk about teaching someone how to do something: Ella me mostrà ³ cà ³mo hacer la tarea (She showed me how to do the homework).Mostrar can also mean to express an emotion, such as to show anger: Carlos mostrà ³ su enojo durante la discusià ³n (Carlos showed his anger during the argument). Another interesting detail is that from the verb mostrar we get the noun muestra, which means a sample or sometimes a sign, as in una muestra de sangre (a blood sample) or una muestra de esperanza (a sign of hope). Mostrar is a stem-changing -ar verb. That means that in some of its conjugations, there is a change in the verb stem. In this case, the vowel o changes to ue when in a stressed syllable, as in yo muestro (I show). Other similar stem-changing verbs are sonar, probar, and contar. In this article you will see the conjugations of mostrar in the present, past, conditional, and future indicative mood, the present and past subjunctive mood, the imperative mood, and other verb forms. Present Indicative Notice the stem change o to ue in several of the present indicative conjugations. Yo muestro Yo muestro mi enojo fà ¡cilmente. I show my anger easily. Tà º muestras Tà º muestras tu herida al doctor. You show your wound to the doctor. Usted/à ©l/ella muestra Ella muestra paciencia hacia los nià ±os. She shows patience towards the kids. Nosotros mostramos Nosotros mostramos los productos al cliente. We show the products to the client. Vosotros mostrà ¡is Vosotros mostrà ¡is la casa al comprador. You show the house to the buyer. Ustedes/ellos/ellas muestran Ellos muestran el carro nuevo a sus amigos. They show the new car to their friends. Preterite Indicative The preterite is one of two forms of the past that exist in Spanish. It is used to describe completed actions in the past. Yo mostrà © Yo mostrà © mi enojo fà ¡cilmente. I showed my anger easily. Tà º mostraste Tà º mostraste tu herida al doctor. You showed your wound to the doctor. Usted/à ©l/ella mostrà ³ Ella mostrà ³ paciencia hacia los nià ±os. She showed patience towards the kids. Nosotros mostramos Nosotros mostramos los productos al cliente. We showed the products to the client. Vosotros mostrasteis Vosotros mostrà ¡is la casa al comprador. You showed the house to the buyer. Ustedes/ellos/ellas mostraron Ellos mostraron el carro nuevo a sus amigos. They showed the new car to their friends. Imperfect Indicative Another past tense in Spanish is the imperfect tense, which is used to describe ongoing or repeated actions in the past, and can be translated to English as was showing or used to show. Yo mostraba Yo mostraba mi enojo fà ¡cilmente. I used to show my anger easily. Tà º mostrabas Tà º mostrabas tu herida al doctor. You used to show your wound to the doctor. Usted/à ©l/ella mostraba Ella mostraba paciencia hacia los nià ±os. She used to show patience towards the kids. Nosotros mostrà ¡bamos Nosotros mostrà ¡bamos los productos al cliente. We used to show the products to the client. Vosotros mostrabais Vosotros mostrabais la casa al comprador. You used to show the house to the buyer. Ustedes/ellos/ellas mostraban Ellos mostraban el carro nuevo a sus amigos. They used to show the new car to their friends. Future Indicative Yo mostrarà © Yo mostrarà ©mi enojo fà ¡cilmente. I will show my anger easily. Tà º mostrarà ¡s Tà º mostrarà ¡s tu herida al doctor. You will show your wound to the doctor. Usted/à ©l/ella mostrarà ¡ Ella mostrarà ¡paciencia hacia los nià ±os. She will show patience towards the kids. Nosotros mostraremos Nosotros mostraremoslos productos al cliente. We will show the products to the client. Vosotros mostrarà ©is Vosotros mostrarà ©isla casa al comprador. You will show the house to the buyer. Ustedes/ellos/ellas mostrarà ¡n Ellos mostrarà ¡nel carro nuevo a sus amigos. They will show the new car to their friends. Periphrastic  Future Indicative   Yo voy a mostrar Yo voya mostrar mi enojo fà ¡cilmente. I am going to show my anger easily. Tà º vasa mostrar Tà º vasa mostrar tu herida al doctor. You aregoing to show your wound to the doctor. Usted/à ©l/ella vaa mostrar Ella vaa mostrar paciencia hacia los nià ±os. She isgoing to show patience towards the kids. Nosotros vamosa mostrar Nosotros vamosa mostrar los productos al cliente. We aregoing to show the products to the client. Vosotros vaisa mostrar Vosotros vaisa mostrar la casa al comprador. You aregoing to show the house to the buyer. Ustedes/ellos/ellas vana mostrar Ellos vana mostrar el carro nuevo a sus amigos. They aregoing to show the new car to their friends. Present Progressive/Gerund Form The gerund or present participle is what is known as the -ing form in English. It can be used as an adverb or to form progressive verb tenses like the present progressive. Present Progressive ofMostrar està ¡ mostrando Ella està ¡ mostrando paciencia hacia los nià ±os. She is showing patience towards the kids. Past Participle The past participle can sometimes be used as an adjective or to form perfect tenses, like the present perfect and pluperfect. Present Perfect of Mostrar ha mostrado Ella ha mostrado paciencia hacia los nià ±os. She has shown patience towards the kids. Conditional Indicative The conditional tense is used to talk about possibilities, and is usually translated to English as would verb. Yo mostrarà ­a Yo mostrarà ­ami enojo fà ¡cilmente si me gritaras. I would show my anger easily if you yelled at me. Tà º mostrarà ­as Tà º mostrarà ­as tu herida al doctor si pudieras. You would show your wound to the doctor if you could. Usted/à ©l/ella mostrarà ­a Ella mostrarà ­apaciencia hacia los nià ±os, pero es muy difà ­cil. She would show patience towards the kids, but it's very difficult. Nosotros mostrarà ­amos Nosotros mostrarà ­amoslos productos al cliente si à ©l quisiera verlos. We would show the products to the client if he wanted to see them. Vosotros mostrarà ­ais Vosotros mostrarà ­aisla casa al comprador si estuviera interesado. You would show the house to the buyer if he were interested. Ustedes/ellos/ellas mostrarà ­an Ellos mostrarà ­anel carro nuevo a sus amigos, pero no quieren presumir. They would show the new car to their friends, but they don't want to brag. Present Subjunctive The present subjunctive is used in sentences with two clauses, and it expresses desire, doubt, denial, emotion, negation, possibility, or other subjective situations. Notice the stem change o to ue in some of the present subjunctive conjugations. Que yo muestre El psicà ³logo no quiere que yo muestre mi enojo fà ¡cilmente. The psychologist does not want me to show my anger easily. Que tà º muestres El enfermero pide que tà º muestres tu herida al doctor. The nurse asks that you show your wound to the doctor. Que usted/à ©l/ella muestre La directora sugiere que ella muestre paciencia hacia los nià ±os. The principal suggests that she show patience towards the kids. Que nosotros mostremos El jefe recomienda que nosotros mostremos los productos al cliente. The boss recommends that we show the products to the client. Que vosotros mostrà ©is La seà ±ora espera que vosotros mostrà ©is la casa al comprador. The lady hopes that you show the house to the buyer. Que ustedes/ellos/ellas muestren El vendedor quiere que ustedes muestren el carro nuevo a sus amigos. The salesman wants you to show the new car to your friends. Imperfect Subjunctive The imperfect subjunctive can be conjugated in two different ways: Option 1 Que yo mostrara El psicà ³logo no querà ­a que yo mostrara mi enojo fà ¡cilmente. The psychologist did not want me to show my anger easily. Que tà º mostraras El enfermero pidià ³ que tà º mostraras tu herida al doctor. The nurse asked that you show your wound to the doctor. Que usted/à ©l/ella mostrara La directora sugerà ­a que ella mostrara paciencia hacia los nià ±os. The principal suggested that she show patience towards the kids. Que nosotros mostrà ¡ramos El jefe recomendaba que nosotros mostrà ¡ramos los productos al cliente. The boss recommended that we show the products to the client. Que vosotros mostrarais La seà ±ora esperaba que vosotros mostrarais la casa al comprador. The lady hoped that you would show the house to the buyer. Que ustedes/ellos/ellas mostraran El vendedor querà ­a que ustedes mostraran el carro nuevo a sus amigos. The salesman wanted you to show the new car to your friends. Option 2 Que yo mostrase El psicà ³logo no querà ­a que yo mostrase mi enojo fà ¡cilmente. The psychologist did not want me to show my anger easily. Que tà º mostrases El enfermero pidià ³ que tà º mostrases tu herida al doctor. The nurse asked that you show your wound to the doctor. Que usted/à ©l/ella mostrase La directora sugerà ­a que ella mostrase paciencia hacia los nià ±os. The principal suggested that she show patience towards the kids. Que nosotros mostrà ¡semos El jefe recomendaba que nosotros mostrà ¡semos los productos al cliente. The boss recommended that we show the products to the client. Que vosotros mostraseis La seà ±ora esperaba que vosotros mostraseis la casa al comprador. The lady hoped that you would show the house to the buyer. Que ustedes/ellos/ellas mostrasen El vendedor querà ­a que ustedes mostrasen el carro nuevo a sus amigos. The salesman wanted you to show the new car to your friends. Imperative To give orders or commands you need the imperative mood. Below you can find both affirmative and negative commands. Notice the stem change o to ue in some of the commands. Positive Commands Tà º muestra  ¡Muestra tu herida al doctor! Show your wound to the doctor! Usted muestre  ¡Muestre paciencia hacia los nià ±os! Show patience towards the kids! Nosotros mostremos  ¡Mostremos los productos al cliente! Let's show the products to the client! Vosotros mostrad  ¡Mostrad la casa al comprador! Show the house to the buyer! Ustedes muestren  ¡Muestren el carro nuevo a sus amigos! Show the new car to your friends! Negative Commands Tà º no muestres  ¡No muestres tu herida al doctor! Don't show your wound to the doctor! Usted no muestre  ¡No muestre paciencia hacia los nià ±os! Don't show patience towards the kids! Nosotros no mostremos  ¡No mostremos los productos al cliente! Let's not show the products to the client! Vosotros no mostrà ©is  ¡No mostrà ©is la casa al comprador! Don't show the house to the buyer! Ustedes no muestren  ¡No muestren el carro nuevo a sus amigos! Don't show the new car to your friends!