Mostrar preterite conjugation
Mostrar in the preterite: mostré, mostraste, mostró, mostramos, mostrasteis, mostraron.
- to show; to display
- stem-changing (o→ue)
- Participle: mostrado
- Gerund: mostrando
Preterite pretérito
| yo | mostré |
|---|---|
| tú | mostraste |
| él/ella/usted | mostró |
| nosotros | mostramos |
| vosotros | mostrasteis |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | mostraron |
How to use mostrar in the preterite
The preterite is regular, with no stem change: mostré, mostraste, mostró, mostramos, mostraron. Use it for showing something at a specific moment: Le mostré el informe. It is also common for qualities someone showed in a situation: Mostró mucha paciencia. That makes it useful in references and performance reviews. In reports on research or tests, mostró describes what a study found at a given moment.
Examples
La candidata mostró mucha seguridad en la entrevista.
The candidate showed a lot of confidence in the interview.
¿Le mostraste el presupuesto al director?
Did you show the budget to the director?
Nos mostraron las instalaciones antes de firmar.
They showed us the facilities before we signed.
Quick check: mostrar in the preterite
More mostrar tenses
- All mostrar tenses
- Mostrar present
- Mostrar imperfect
- Mostrar future
- Mostrar conditional
- Mostrar present subjunctive
- Mostrar affirmative commands
Other verbs in the preterite
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