exhibir

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exhibēre, with normal change of conjugation to -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əɡ.ziˈβi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əɡ.ziˈbi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɡ.ziˈbiɾ]
• Rhymes: -i(ɾ)

Verb

exhibir (first-person singular present exhibeixo, first-person singular preterite exhibí, past participle exhibit)

1. to show, exhibit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exhibir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			exhibir
gerund			exhibint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		exhibit		exhibida
		plural		exhibits		exhibides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	exhibeixo	exhibeixes	exhibeix	exhibim	exhibiu	exhibeixen
	imperfect	exhibia	exhibies	exhibia	exhibíem	exhibíeu	exhibien
	future	exhibiré	exhibiràs	exhibirà	exhibirem	exhibireu	exhibiran
	preterite	exhibí	exhibires	exhibí	exhibírem	exhibíreu	exhibiren
	conditional	exhibiria	exhibiries	exhibiria	exhibiríem	exhibiríeu	exhibirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	exhibeixi	exhibeixis	exhibeixi	exhibim	exhibiu	exhibeixin
	imperfect	exhibís	exhibissis	exhibís	exhibíssim	exhibíssiu	exhibissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	exhibeix	exhibeixi	exhibim	exhibiu	exhibeixin
	negative (no)	—	no exhibeixis	no exhibeixi	no exhibim	no exhibiu	no exhibeixin

Related terms

• exhibició

Further reading

• “exhibir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “exhibir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “exhibir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “exhibir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• exibir (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Latin exhibēre.

Verb

exhibir (first-person singular present exhibo, first-person singular preterite exhibín, past participle exhibido)

1. to exhibit, to show
2. (reflexive, exhibirse) to show off; to expose oneself (be nude in public)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exhibir

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	exhibir
Personal	exhibir	exhibires	exhibir	exhibirmos	exhibirdes	exhibiren
Gerund
	exhibindo
Past participle
Masculine	exhibido			exhibidos
Feminine	exhibida			exhibidas
Indicative
Present	exhibo	exhibes	exhibe	exhibimos	exhibides	exhiben
Imperfect	exhibía	exhibías	exhibía	exhibiamos	exhibiades	exhibían
Preterite	exhibín	exhibiches	exhibiu	exhibimos	exhibistes	exhibiron
Pluperfect	exhibira	exhibiras	exhibira	exhibiramos	exhibirades	exhibiran
Future	exhibirei	exhibirás	exhibirá	exhibiremos	exhibiredes	exhibirán
Conditional	exhibiría	exhibirías	exhibiría	exhibiriamos	exhibiriades	exhibirían
Subjunctive
Present	exhiba	exhibas	exhiba	exhibamos	exhibades	exhiban
Imperfect	exhibise	exhibises	exhibise	exhibísemos	exhibísedes	exhibisen
Future	exhibir	exhibires	exhibir	exhibirmos	exhibirdes	exhibiren
Imperative
Affirmative		exhibe	exhiba	exhibamos	exhibide	exhiban
Negative (non)		non exhibas	non exhiba	non exhibamos	non exhibades	non exhiban

Related terms

• exhibición

See also

• mostrar

Further reading

• “exhibir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Interlingua

Verb

exhibir

1. to exhibit, to show

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exhibir

infinitive		exhibir
participle		present	perfect
		exhibiente	exhibite
active		simple	perfect
	present	exhibi	ha exhibite
	past	exhibiva	habeva exhibite
	future	exhibira	habera exhibite
	conditional	exhibirea	haberea exhibite
	imperative	exhibi
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es exhibite	ha essite exhibite
	past	esseva exhibite	habeva essite exhibite
	future	essera exhibite	habera essite exhibite
	conditional	esserea exhibite	haberea essite exhibite
	imperative	sia exhibite

Portuguese

Verb

exhibir (first-person singular present exhibo, first-person singular preterite exhibi, past participle exhibido)

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of exibir.
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Festa [Celebration]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 123:

     Sim, com certeza as preciosidades que se exhibiam nos altares da igreja e nas prateleiras das lojas tinham nomes.

     Yes, certainly the treasures displayed on the church altars and on the shop shelves had names.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin exhibēre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡsiˈbiɾ/ [eɣ̞.siˈβ̞iɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧hi‧bir

Verb

exhibir (first-person singular present exhibo, first-person singular preterite exhibí, past participle exhibido)

1. to exhibit, to show
2. (reflexive) to show off
3. (reflexive) to expose oneself (be nude in public)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of exhibir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			exhibir
gerund			exhibiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		exhibido		exhibida
		plural		exhibidos		exhibidas
		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	exhibo	exhibestú exhibísvos	exhibe	exhibimos	exhibís	exhiben
	imperfect	exhibía	exhibías	exhibía	exhibíamos	exhibíais	exhibían
	preterite	exhibí	exhibiste	exhibió	exhibimos	exhibisteis	exhibieron
	future	exhibiré	exhibirás	exhibirá	exhibiremos	exhibiréis	exhibirán
	conditional	exhibiría	exhibirías	exhibiría	exhibiríamos	exhibiríais	exhibirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	exhiba	exhibastú exhibásvos2	exhiba	exhibamos	exhibáis	exhiban
	imperfect (ra)	exhibiera	exhibieras	exhibiera	exhibiéramos	exhibierais	exhibieran
	imperfect (se)	exhibiese	exhibieses	exhibiese	exhibiésemos	exhibieseis	exhibiesen
	future1	exhibiere	exhibieres	exhibiere	exhibiéremos	exhibiereis	exhibieren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		exhibetú exhibívos	exhiba	exhibamos	exhibid	exhiban
	negative		no exhibas	no exhiba	no exhibamos	no exhibáis	no exhiban

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

    Selected combined forms of exhibir

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 exhibir	dative	exhibirme	exhibirte	exhibirle, exhibirse	exhibirnos	exhibiros	exhibirles, exhibirse
	accusative	exhibirme	exhibirte	exhibirlo, exhibirla, exhibirse	exhibirnos	exhibiros	exhibirlos, exhibirlas, exhibirse
with gerund exhibiendo	dative	exhibiéndome	exhibiéndote	exhibiéndole, exhibiéndose	exhibiéndonos	exhibiéndoos	exhibiéndoles, exhibiéndose
	accusative	exhibiéndome	exhibiéndote	exhibiéndolo, exhibiéndola, exhibiéndose	exhibiéndonos	exhibiéndoos	exhibiéndolos, exhibiéndolas, exhibiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative exhibe	dative	exhíbeme	exhíbete	exhíbele	exhíbenos	not used	exhíbeles
	accusative	exhíbeme	exhíbete	exhíbelo, exhíbela	exhíbenos	not used	exhíbelos, exhíbelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative exhibí	dative	exhibime	exhibite	exhibile	exhibinos	not used	exhibiles
	accusative	exhibime	exhibite	exhibilo, exhibila	exhibinos	not used	exhibilos, exhibilas
with formal second-person singular imperative exhiba	dative	exhíbame	not used	exhíbale, exhíbase	exhíbanos	not used	exhíbales
	accusative	exhíbame	not used	exhíbalo, exhíbala, exhíbase	exhíbanos	not used	exhíbalos, exhíbalas
with first-person plural imperative exhibamos	dative	not used	exhibámoste	exhibámosle	exhibámonos	exhibámoos	exhibámosles
	accusative	not used	exhibámoste	exhibámoslo, exhibámosla	exhibámonos	exhibámoos	exhibámoslos, exhibámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative exhibid	dative	exhibidme	not used	exhibidle	exhibidnos	exhibíos	exhibidles
	accusative	exhibidme	not used	exhibidlo, exhibidla	exhibidnos	exhibíos	exhibidlos, exhibidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative exhiban	dative	exhíbanme	not used	exhíbanle	exhíbannos	not used	exhíbanles, exhíbanse
	accusative	exhíbanme	not used	exhíbanlo, exhíbanla	exhíbannos	not used	exhíbanlos, exhíbanlas, exhíbanse

Related terms

• exhibición
• exhibidor

See also

• mostrar

Further reading

• “exhibir”, 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