demostrar
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Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: de‧mos‧trar
- IPA(key): /demosˈtɾaɾ/, [d̪e.mosˈtɾaɾ]
Derived terms
- demostraron
- idemostrar
- magdemostrar
Related terms
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Latin dēmōnstrāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
demostrar (first-person singular present demostro, first-person singular preterite demostrí, past participle demostrat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/
- to show; to demonstrate
Conjugation
Related terms
References
- “demostrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin dēmonstrāre, present active infinitive of dēmonstrō.
Verb
demostrar (first-person singular present demostro, first-person singular preterite demostrei, past participle demostrado)
- to demonstrate
- to prove
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin dēmonstrāre, present active infinitive of dēmonstrō.
Related terms
Descendants
- Occitan: demostrar
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “dēmonstrāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 3
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin dēmōnstrāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /demosˈtɾaɾ/ [d̪e.mosˈt̪ɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧mos‧trar
Verb
demostrar (first-person singular present demuestro, first-person singular preterite demostré, past participle demostrado)
- to show, to demonstrate
- to prove
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive demostrar | |||||||
dative | demostrarme | demostrarte | demostrarle, demostrarse | demostrarnos | demostraros | demostrarles, demostrarse | |
accusative | demostrarme | demostrarte | demostrarlo, demostrarla, demostrarse | demostrarnos | demostraros | demostrarlos, demostrarlas, demostrarse | |
with gerund demostrando | |||||||
dative | demostrándome | demostrándote | demostrándole, demostrándose | demostrándonos | demostrándoos | demostrándoles, demostrándose | |
accusative | demostrándome | demostrándote | demostrándolo, demostrándola, demostrándose | demostrándonos | demostrándoos | demostrándolos, demostrándolas, demostrándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative demuestra | |||||||
dative | demuéstrame | demuéstrate | demuéstrale | demuéstranos | not used | demuéstrales | |
accusative | demuéstrame | demuéstrate | demuéstralo, demuéstrala | demuéstranos | not used | demuéstralos, demuéstralas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative demostrá | |||||||
dative | demostrame | demostrate | demostrale | demostranos | not used | demostrales | |
accusative | demostrame | demostrate | demostralo, demostrala | demostranos | not used | demostralos, demostralas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative demuestre | |||||||
dative | demuéstreme | not used | demuéstrele, demuéstrese | demuéstrenos | not used | demuéstreles | |
accusative | demuéstreme | not used | demuéstrelo, demuéstrela, demuéstrese | demuéstrenos | not used | demuéstrelos, demuéstrelas | |
with first-person plural imperative demostremos | |||||||
dative | not used | demostrémoste | demostrémosle | demostrémonos | demostrémoos | demostrémosles | |
accusative | not used | demostrémoste | demostrémoslo, demostrémosla | demostrémonos | demostrémoos | demostrémoslos, demostrémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative demostrad | |||||||
dative | demostradme | not used | demostradle | demostradnos | demostraos | demostradles | |
accusative | demostradme | not used | demostradlo, demostradla | demostradnos | demostraos | demostradlos, demostradlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative demuestren | |||||||
dative | demuéstrenme | not used | demuéstrenle | demuéstrennos | not used | demuéstrenles, demuéstrense | |
accusative | demuéstrenme | not used | demuéstrenlo, demuéstrenla | demuéstrennos | not used | demuéstrenlos, demuéstrenlas, demuéstrense |
Derived terms
- demostrable
- demostración
- demostrador
- demostradora
- demostradriz
- demostrativo
- servir para demostrar (“to be useful to show”)
- venir a demostrar (“to go to show”)
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “demostrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014