demonstrar

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Etymology

Pseudo-Hispanism, from English demonstrate, and influenced by Spanish demostrar.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: de‧mons‧trar
• IPA^(key): /demonsˈtɾaɾ/ [d̪e.mon̪sˈtɾaɾ]

Verb

demonstrár

1. Alternative form of demostrar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto demonstri, English demonstrate, French démontrer, German demonstrieren, Italian dimostrare, Russian демонстри́ровать (demonstrírovatʹ), Spanish demostrar, ultimately from Latin dēmōnstrō (“I demonstrate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈmonstrar/

Verb

demonstrar (present tense demonstras, past tense demonstris, future tense demonstros, imperative demonstrez, conditional demonstrus)

1. (transitive) to demonstrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of demonstrar

		present		past		future
infinitive		demonstrar		demonstrir		demonstror
tense		demonstras		demonstris		demonstros
conditional		demonstrus		—		—
imperative		demonstrez		—		—
adjective active participle		demonstranta		demonstrinta		demonstronta
adverbial active participle		demonstrante		demonstrinte		demonstronte
nominal active participle	singular	demonstranto		demonstrinto		demonstronto
	plural	demonstranti		demonstrinti		demonstronti
adjective passive participle		demonstrata		demonstrita		demonstrota
adverbial passive participle		demonstrate		demonstrite		demonstrote
nominal passive participle	singular	demonstrato		demonstrito		demonstroto
	plural	demonstrati		demonstriti		demonstroti

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese demonstrar, demostrar, from Latin dēmōnstrāre (“to demonstrate”), with a re-Latinized spelling.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.mõsˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [de.mõsˈtɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.mõsˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [de.mõsˈtɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.mõsˈtɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.mõʃˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [de.mõʃˈtɾa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.mõsˈtɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.mõʃˈtɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.mõʃˈtɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.mõʃˈtɾa.ɾi/

Verb

demonstrar (first-person singular present demonstro, first-person singular preterite demonstrei, past participle demonstrado)

1. to demonstrate (all senses)
2. to show, prove

Conjugation

    Conjugation of demonstrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	demonstrar
Personal	demonstrar	demonstrares	demonstrar	demonstrarmos	demonstrardes	demonstrarem
Gerund
	demonstrando
Past participle
Masculine	demonstrado			demonstrados
Feminine	demonstrada			demonstradas
Indicative
Present	demonstro	demonstras	demonstra	demonstramos	demonstrais	demonstram
Imperfect	demonstrava	demonstravas	demonstrava	demonstrávamos	demonstráveis	demonstravam
Preterite	demonstrei	demonstraste	demonstrou	demonstramos1, demonstrámos2	demonstrastes	demonstraram
Pluperfect	demonstrara	demonstraras	demonstrara	demonstráramos	demonstráreis	demonstraram
Future	demonstrarei	demonstrarás	demonstrará	demonstraremos	demonstrareis	demonstrarão
Conditional	demonstraria	demonstrarias	demonstraria	demonstraríamos	demonstraríeis	demonstrariam
Subjunctive
Present	demonstre	demonstres	demonstre	demonstremos	demonstreis	demonstrem
Imperfect	demonstrasse	demonstrasses	demonstrasse	demonstrássemos	demonstrásseis	demonstrassem
Future	demonstrar	demonstrares	demonstrar	demonstrarmos	demonstrardes	demonstrarem
Imperative
Affirmative		demonstra	demonstre	demonstremos	demonstrai	demonstrem
Negative (não)		não demonstres	não demonstre	não demonstremos	não demonstreis	não demonstrem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• demonstração
• demonstrável

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /demonsˈtɾaɾ/ [d̪e.mõnsˈt̪ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧mons‧trar

Verb

demonstrar

1. Obsolete form of demostrar.

Usage notes

• It has the anomaly of changing the on into ue in some tenses and persons: such as yo demuestro, demuestra tu, demuestre aquel, &c.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of demonstrar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			demonstrar
gerund			demonstrando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		demonstrado		demonstrada
		plural		demonstrados		demonstradas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	demonstro	demonstrastú demonstrásvos	demonstra	demonstramos	demonstráis	demonstran
	imperfect	demonstraba	demonstrabas	demonstraba	demonstrábamos	demonstrabais	demonstraban
	preterite	demonstré	demonstraste	demonstró	demonstramos	demonstrasteis	demonstraron
	future	demonstraré	demonstrarás	demonstrará	demonstraremos	demonstraréis	demonstrarán
	conditional	demonstraría	demonstrarías	demonstraría	demonstraríamos	demonstraríais	demonstrarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	demonstre	demonstrestú demonstrésvos2	demonstre	demonstremos	demonstréis	demonstren
	imperfect (ra)	demonstrara	demonstraras	demonstrara	demonstráramos	demonstrarais	demonstraran
	imperfect (se)	demonstrase	demonstrases	demonstrase	demonstrásemos	demonstraseis	demonstrasen
	future1	demonstrare	demonstrares	demonstrare	demonstráremos	demonstrareis	demonstraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		demonstratú demonstrávos	demonstre	demonstremos	demonstrad	demonstren
	negative		no demonstres	no demonstre	no demonstremos	no demonstréis	no demonstren

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of demonstrar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive demonstrar	dative	demonstrarme	demonstrarte	demonstrarle, demonstrarse	demonstrarnos	demonstraros	demonstrarles, demonstrarse
	accusative	demonstrarme	demonstrarte	demonstrarlo, demonstrarla, demonstrarse	demonstrarnos	demonstraros	demonstrarlos, demonstrarlas, demonstrarse
with gerund demonstrando	dative	demonstrándome	demonstrándote	demonstrándole, demonstrándose	demonstrándonos	demonstrándoos	demonstrándoles, demonstrándose
	accusative	demonstrándome	demonstrándote	demonstrándolo, demonstrándola, demonstrándose	demonstrándonos	demonstrándoos	demonstrándolos, demonstrándolas, demonstrándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative demonstra	dative	demónstrame	demónstrate	demónstrale	demónstranos	not used	demónstrales
	accusative	demónstrame	demónstrate	demónstralo, demónstrala	demónstranos	not used	demónstralos, demónstralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative demonstrá	dative	demonstrame	demonstrate	demonstrale	demonstranos	not used	demonstrales
	accusative	demonstrame	demonstrate	demonstralo, demonstrala	demonstranos	not used	demonstralos, demonstralas
with formal second-person singular imperative demonstre	dative	demónstreme	not used	demónstrele, demónstrese	demónstrenos	not used	demónstreles
	accusative	demónstreme	not used	demónstrelo, demónstrela, demónstrese	demónstrenos	not used	demónstrelos, demónstrelas
with first-person plural imperative demonstremos	dative	not used	demonstrémoste	demonstrémosle	demonstrémonos	demonstrémoos	demonstrémosles
	accusative	not used	demonstrémoste	demonstrémoslo, demonstrémosla	demonstrémonos	demonstrémoos	demonstrémoslos, demonstrémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative demonstrad	dative	demonstradme	not used	demonstradle	demonstradnos	demonstraos	demonstradles
	accusative	demonstradme	not used	demonstradlo, demonstradla	demonstradnos	demonstraos	demonstradlos, demonstradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative demonstren	dative	demónstrenme	not used	demónstrenle	demónstrennos	not used	demónstrenles, demónstrense
	accusative	demónstrenme	not used	demónstrenlo, demónstrenla	demónstrennos	not used	demónstrenlos, demónstrenlas, demónstrense

Further reading

• “demonstrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• Diccionario de Autoridades(1726-1739)