Mostrar conjugation chart
Mostrar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I show | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you show | |
| vos | you show | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she shows | |
| nosotros | we show | |
| vosotros | you all show | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they show |
The highlighted forms change their stem. Notice that nosotros, vosotros and vos stay out: draw a line around the forms that change and you get a boot, which is why these are called “boot verbs.”
Mostrar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I showed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you showed | |
| vos | you showed | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she showed | |
| nosotros | we showed | |
| vosotros | you all showed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they showed |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Mostrar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to show | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to show | |
| vos | you used to show | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to show | |
| nosotros | we used to show | |
| vosotros | you all used to show | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to show |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Mostrar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will show | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will show | |
| vos | you will show | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will show | |
| nosotros | we will show | |
| vosotros | you all will show | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will show |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
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condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would show | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would show | |
| vos | you would show | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would show | |
| nosotros | we would show | |
| vosotros | you all would show | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would show |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Mostrar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I show | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you show | |
| vos | that you show | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she show | |
| nosotros | that we show | |
| vosotros | that you all show | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they show |
Irregular in yo, tú, él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): muestre, muestres…; the other forms are regular.
Mostrar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I showed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you showed | |
| vos | if you showed | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she showed | |
| nosotros | if we showed | |
| vosotros | if you all showed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they showed |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (mostrase), more common in writing.
Mostrar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | show! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | show! | |
| usted | show! | |
| nosotros | let's show! | |
| vosotros | show! | |
| ustedes | show! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: muestra. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (muestre, mostremos, muestren).
Mostrar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't show! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't show! | |
| usted | don't show! | |
| nosotros | let's not show! | |
| vosotros | don't show! | |
| ustedes | don't show! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + muestres, muestre…
Always the verb haber + the past participle mostrado, which never changes.
Mostrar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he mostrado |
|---|---|
| tú | has mostrado |
| vos | has mostrado |
| él, ella, usted | ha mostrado |
| nosotros | hemos mostrado |
| vosotros | habéis mostrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han mostrado |
Mostrar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había mostrado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías mostrado |
| vos | habías mostrado |
| él, ella, usted | había mostrado |
| nosotros | habíamos mostrado |
| vosotros | habíais mostrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían mostrado |
Mostrar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré mostrado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás mostrado |
| vos | habrás mostrado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá mostrado |
| nosotros | habremos mostrado |
| vosotros | habréis mostrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán mostrado |
Mostrar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría mostrado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías mostrado |
| vos | habrías mostrado |
| él, ella, usted | habría mostrado |
| nosotros | habríamos mostrado |
| vosotros | habríais mostrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían mostrado |
Mostrar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya mostrado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas mostrado |
| vos | hayas mostrado |
| él, ella, usted | haya mostrado |
| nosotros | hayamos mostrado |
| vosotros | hayáis mostrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan mostrado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
The person you show something to is an indirect object: te muestro la casa (I'll show you the house). And a TV show is not a “muestra”: it's un programa; a live show is un espectáculo or simply un show.
Examples with mostrar
Te muestro las fotos del viaje.
I'll show you the photos from the trip.
Nos mostró su departamento nuevo.
She showed us her new apartment.
Quiero que me muestres cómo lo hiciste.
I want you to show me how you did it.
Practice mostrar
Type the right form and press Enter. A missing accent still counts, but I'll point it out.
Verbs like mostrar
Stem change o → ue (mostrar → muestras). Same pattern:
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