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Learn mostrar conjugation in Presente

mostrar means: to show
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In this conjugation lesson we are going to learn how to conjugate the verb mostrar in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create and translate forms of each grammatical person.

This lesson is specifically about the mostrar conjugation. For an overview of Simple Tenses conjugation have a look at the Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

We also have a Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Presente. It’s embedded below, but using the above link you will see more detailed information on conjugation in this tense as well as explanation of special cases and exceptions.

How to translate Presente to English

Note that the phrases in English provided below next to each conjugation are not direct translations from Spanish to English. They are usually the closest general equivalents. The example differences are:
  • In Spanish conjugation, there is the form usted in the third person singular. But this person does not translate to the English third person singular. It translates to the so called formal you and uses the inflected form which is most often represented as he/she/it in English conjugation charts.
  • Similar situation happens in the third person plural, where ustedes translates to the English plural formal you but uses the form which corresponds to the they form in English.
  • Tenses are used differently in Spanish and English, so the actual translation should always take into account the context and focus on translating the meaning, not just words.
  • In both languages each verb may have multiple meanings and not every meaning translates directly to the other language. Here also, the context and focusing on the particular meaning helps to create the most accurate translation.

The Spanish Presente de Indicativo tense translates to one of the following:
  • The English Present tense, for instance:
    ustedes muestran
    (formal, plural) you show
  • The English Present Progressive (a.k.a. Present Continuous) tense, for instance:
    ahora vosotros mostráis
    (plural) you are showwing now

    However, the Spanish equivalent of the Present Progressive also exists and is in common use – that’s Presente Progresivo (also called Presente Continuo).
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Step by step instructions

Presente belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of its inflected forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in the Spanish language, where each inflected form consists of two words.
The verb mostrar has an irregular conjugation in the Presente tense of the Indicativo mood.
The first person singular has an irregular stem in this tense.

This verb belongs to the group which gets a change of the last o in the stem into an ue.

It’s convenient to think about this change as happening only in Presente de Indicativo, persons 1st, 2nd, 3rd singular and 3rd plural, and whatever it influences later on (like the Imperativo) it never gets beyond the above mentioned persons.

And why does this change influence the other tenses? Simply because their forms are created based on the 3rd person singular of Presente de Indicativo. So just remembering that this verb is affected by this change and that the change doesn’t propagate to other persons – you are able to properly create forms of three other tenses!

So in the regular stem mostr change o to ue to get muestr.
But at least the ending is regular for this person. It is -o as normally in the -ar verb group. Add it to the stem to get:
  • yo muestro – I show
The second person singular also has an irregular stem in this tense.

So as explained earlier we need to change o to ue in the regular stem mostr to get muestr.
Again the ending is regular for this person. It is -as as normally in the -ar verb group. Add it to the stem to get:
  • tú muestras – you show
The third person singular also has an irregular stem in this tense.

So as explained earlier we need to change o to ue in the regular stem mostr to get muestr.
And the ending is regular for this person. It is -a as normally in the -ar verb group. Add it to the stem to get:
  • él muestra – he shows
  • ella muestra – she shows
  • usted muestra – (formal) you show
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The first person plural has a regular stem. So you need to use mostr- as the basis for this person’s form.
Add the regular ending -amos for this person to get mostramos:
  • nosotros mostramos – we show
  • nosotras mostramos – (feminine) we show
Once more the second person plural has a regular stem. So we need to use mostr- as the basis for this form.
And again add the regular ending -áis for this person to get mostráis:
  • vosotros mostráis – (plural) you show
  • vosotras mostráis – (feminine, plural) you show
The third person plural also has an irregular stem in this tense.

So as explained previously we need to change o to ue in the regular stem mostr to get muestr.
Like previously the ending is regular for this person. It is -an as normally in the -ar verb group. Add it to the stem to get:
  • ellos muestran – they show
  • ellas muestran – (feminine) they show
  • ustedes muestran – (formal, plural) you show

¡Ya está! The conjugation is now complete. Put together, the conjugation chart looks like this:

yomuestroI show
muestrasyou show
él/ella/ustedmuestrahe/she/it shows
nosotros/nosotrasmostramoswe show
vosotros/vosotrasmostráisyou show
ellos/ellas/ustedesmuestranthey show
Click to see all conjugation charts of mostrar in every tense

But do not end your session yet – it’s important to repeat and practice the material in order to remember it. Check below for examples and next steps.

Example sentences

Los documentos muestran que estaba enfermo y murió de causas naturales.
The documents show that he was sickly and died of natural causes.

Next Steps to Perfection

  • To practice this conjugation and test your knowledge check this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game
  • To see other conjugation lessons for this verb choose another tense:  
  • For exercises and examples related to mostrar visit our Exercise section
  • To see conjugation charts in all tenses for mostrar visit the Conjugator
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