mostrear

Spanish

Alternative forms

muestrear (accepted and predominantly used but grammatically incorrect)

Etymology

Verb

mostrear (first-person singular present mostreo, first-person singular preterite mostreé, past participle mostreado)

to sample

Conjugation

Conjugation of mostrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			mostrear
gerund			mostreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mostreado		mostreada
		plural		mostreados		mostreadas
		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	mostreo	mostreas^{^tú} mostreás^{^vos}	mostrea	mostreamos	mostreáis	mostrean
	imperfect	mostreaba	mostreabas	mostreaba	mostreábamos	mostreabais	mostreaban
	preterite	mostreé	mostreaste	mostreó	mostreamos	mostreasteis	mostrearon
	future	mostrearé	mostrearás	mostreará	mostrearemos	mostrearéis	mostrearán
	conditional	mostrearía	mostrearías	mostrearía	mostrearíamos	mostrearíais	mostrearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mostree	mostrees^{^tú} mostreés^{^vos²}	mostree	mostreemos	mostreéis	mostreen
	imperfect (ra)	mostreara	mostrearas	mostreara	mostreáramos	mostrearais	mostrearan
	imperfect (se)	mostrease	mostreases	mostrease	mostreásemos	mostreaseis	mostreasen
	future¹	mostreare	mostreares	mostreare	mostreáremos	mostreareis	mostrearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mostrea^{^tú} mostreá^{^vos}	mostree	mostreemos	mostread	mostreen
	negative		no mostrees	no mostree	no mostreemos	no mostreéis	no mostreen

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

Selected combined forms of mostrear

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 mostrear	dative	mostrearme	mostrearte	mostrearle, mostrearse	mostrearnos	mostrearos	mostrearles, mostrearse
with infinitive mostrear	accusative	mostrearme	mostrearte	mostrearlo, mostrearla, mostrearse	mostrearnos	mostrearos	mostrearlos, mostrearlas, mostrearse

with gerund mostreando	dative	mostreándome	mostreándote	mostreándole, mostreándose	mostreándonos	mostreándoos	mostreándoles, mostreándose
with gerund mostreando	accusative	mostreándome	mostreándote	mostreándolo, mostreándola, mostreándose	mostreándonos	mostreándoos	mostreándolos, mostreándolas, mostreándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative mostrea	dative	mostréame	mostréate	mostréale	mostréanos	not used	mostréales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mostrea	accusative	mostréame	mostréate	mostréalo, mostréala	mostréanos	not used	mostréalos, mostréalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative mostreá	dative	mostreame	mostreate	mostreale	mostreanos	not used	mostreales
	accusative	mostreame	mostreate	mostrealo, mostreala	mostreanos	not used	mostrealos, mostrealas

with formal second-person singular imperative mostree	dative	mostréeme	not used	mostréele, mostréese	mostréenos	not used	mostréeles
with formal second-person singular imperative mostree	accusative	mostréeme	not used	mostréelo, mostréela, mostréese	mostréenos	not used	mostréelos, mostréelas

with first-person plural imperative mostreemos	dative	not used	mostreémoste	mostreémosle	mostreémonos	mostreémoos	mostreémosles
with first-person plural imperative mostreemos	accusative	not used	mostreémoste	mostreémoslo, mostreémosla	mostreémonos	mostreémoos	mostreémoslos, mostreémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative mostread	dative	mostreadme	not used	mostreadle	mostreadnos	mostreaos	mostreadles
with informal second-person plural imperative mostread	accusative	mostreadme	not used	mostreadlo, mostreadla	mostreadnos	mostreaos	mostreadlos, mostreadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative mostreen	dative	mostréenme	not used	mostréenle	mostréennos	not used	mostréenles, mostréense
with formal second-person plural imperative mostreen	accusative	mostréenme	not used	mostréenlo, mostréenla	mostréennos	not used	mostréenlos, mostréenlas, mostréense

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