Mostrar Conjugation | How to Conjugate Mostrar in Spanish

Mostrar means “to show,” “to display,” or “to demonstrate.” You will learn its o → ue present change, regular past and future families, gerund mostrando, participle mostrado, and object patterns.

Mostrar conjugation at a glance

Verb type: Irregular. Mostrar changes o → ue in stressed present forms: muestro — “I show,” muestras — “you show,” and muestran — “they show.” Nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras keep mostr-.

Mostrar gerund, past participle, and infinitive

The infinitive names the verb, the gerund supports progressive constructions, and the past participle combines with haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — in compound forms. The participle mostrado remains invariant in those compounds.

Form	Spanish	Natural English guide
Infinitive	mostrar	to show / display
Gerund	mostrando	showing / displaying
Past participle	mostrado	shown / displayed

Mostrar meaning and essential uses

Mostrar — “to show / display” — is commonly transitive: Muestro el documento. — “I show the document.” The person who sees it can be expressed as an indirect object: Le muestro el documento a Ana. — “I show the document to Ana.”

RAE also records senses such as making something evident or manifesting an attitude or feeling, as well as pronominal mostrarse — “to show oneself / appear as.”

Mostrar irregular conjugation patterns

Stressed present forms use muestr-: muestro, muestras, muestra, muestran. Nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras keep mostr-: mostramos, mostráis.

The present subjunctive follows the same stress pattern: muestre, muestres, muestre, mostremos, mostréis, muestren. The preterite, imperfect, future, conditional, gerund, and participle do not use a separate irregular stem.

Mostrar indicative and periphrastic conjugations

Mostrar present tense conjugation

Present indicative (el presente de indicativo) — Use it for current situations, habits, facts, and contextually near-future reference. Stressed forms use muestr-; nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras keep mostr-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	muestro	I show / display
Tú — you, singular informal	muestras	you show / display
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	muestra	he / she shows / displays; you show / display (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	mostramos	we show / display
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	mostráis	you show / display (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	muestran	they show / display; you show / display (plural)

• Muestro el informe al equipo. — I show the report to the team.

Mostrar preterite conjugation

Preterite (el pretérito perfecto simple / pretérito indefinido) — Use it for completed or bounded past events. The table uses the verified paradigm.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	mostré	I showed / displayed
Tú — you, singular informal	mostraste	you showed / displayed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	mostró	he / she showed / displayed; you showed / displayed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	mostramos	we showed / displayed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	mostrasteis	you showed / displayed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	mostraron	they showed / displayed; you showed / displayed (plural)

• Ayer mostré las fotos a mi familia. — Yesterday I showed the photos to my family.

Mostrar imperfect conjugation

Imperfect (el pretérito imperfecto) — Use it for habitual, descriptive, background, or ongoing past situations. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle mostrado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	mostraba	I used to show / display / was showing / displaying
Tú — you, singular informal	mostrabas	you used to show / display / were showing / displaying
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	mostraba	he / she used to show / display / was showing / displaying; you used to show / display / were showing / displaying (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	mostrábamos	we used to show / display / were showing / displaying
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	mostrabais	you used to show / display / were showing / displaying (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	mostraban	they used to show / display / were showing / displaying; you used to show / display / were showing / displaying (plural)

• Antes mostraba cada paso en la pantalla. — I used to show every step on the screen.

Mostrar present progressive

Present progressive — This verbal periphrasis focuses on an action or process in progress. Form it with present estar — “to be” — plus mostrando — “showing / displaying.”

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	estoy mostrando	I am showing / displaying
Tú — you, singular informal	estás mostrando	you are showing / displaying
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	está mostrando	he / she is showing / displaying; you are showing / displaying (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	estamos mostrando	we are showing / displaying
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	estáis mostrando	you are showing / displaying (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	están mostrando	they are showing / displaying; you are showing / displaying (plural)

• Estoy mostrando cómo funciona el sistema. — I am showing how the system works.

Mostrar near future conjugation

Near future — This verbal periphrasis expresses an intention, plan, or expected event. Form it with present ir — “to go” — plus a — “to” — and mostrar.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	voy a mostrar	I am going to show / display
Tú — you, singular informal	vas a mostrar	you are going to show / display
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	va a mostrar	he / she is going to show / display; you are going to show / display (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	vamos a mostrar	we are going to show / display
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	vais a mostrar	you are going to show / display (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	van a mostrar	they are going to show / display; you are going to show / display (plural)

• Voy a mostrarte una opción mejor. — I am going to show you a better option.

Mostrar future tense conjugation

Simple future (el futuro simple) — Use it for future reference and, where useful, probability. The endings attach to the full infinitive; there is no separate irregular future or conditional stem.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	mostraré	I will show / display
Tú — you, singular informal	mostrarás	you will show / display
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	mostrará	he / she will show / display; you will show / display (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	mostraremos	we will show / display
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	mostraréis	you will show / display (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	mostrarán	they will show / display; you will show / display (plural)

• Mostraré los resultados mañana. — I will show the results tomorrow.

Mostrar conditional conjugation

Conditional (el condicional simple) — Use it for hypothetical outcomes, softened statements, or related conditional meanings. The endings attach to the full infinitive; there is no separate irregular future or conditional stem.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	mostraría	I would show / display
Tú — you, singular informal	mostrarías	you would show / display
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	mostraría	he / she would show / display; you would show / display (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	mostraríamos	we would show / display
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	mostraríais	you would show / display (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	mostrarían	they would show / display; you would show / display (plural)

• Mostraría primero el ejemplo más sencillo. — I would show the simplest example first.

Mostrar present perfect conjugation

Present perfect (el pretérito perfecto compuesto) — Use it for completed events connected to a present reference frame; regional distribution varies. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle mostrado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	he mostrado	I have shown / displayed
Tú — you, singular informal	has mostrado	you have shown / displayed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	ha mostrado	he / she has shown / displayed; you have shown / displayed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hemos mostrado	we have shown / displayed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habéis mostrado	you have shown / displayed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	han mostrado	they have shown / displayed; you have shown / displayed (plural)

• He mostrado todos los documentos. — I have shown all the documents.

Mostrar past perfect conjugation

Past perfect (el pretérito pluscuamperfecto) — Use it for an event completed before another past reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle mostrado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	había mostrado	I had shown / displayed
Tú — you, singular informal	habías mostrado	you had shown / displayed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	había mostrado	he / she had shown / displayed; you had shown / displayed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habíamos mostrado	we had shown / displayed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habíais mostrado	you had shown / displayed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habían mostrado	they had shown / displayed; you had shown / displayed (plural)

• Ya habíamos mostrado la propuesta al cliente. — We had already shown the proposal to the client.

Mostrar future perfect conjugation

Future perfect (el futuro perfecto) — Use it for an event expected to be completed before a future reference point. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle mostrado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habré mostrado	I will have shown / displayed
Tú — you, singular informal	habrás mostrado	you will have shown / displayed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habrá mostrado	he / she will have shown / displayed; you will have shown / displayed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habremos mostrado	we will have shown / displayed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habréis mostrado	you will have shown / displayed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrán mostrado	they will have shown / displayed; you will have shown / displayed (plural)

• Para entonces habrán mostrado todos los modelos. — By then they will have shown all the models.

Mostrar conditional perfect conjugation

Conditional perfect (el condicional compuesto) — Use it for a hypothetical completed outcome. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle mostrado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	habría mostrado	I would have shown / displayed
Tú — you, singular informal	habrías mostrado	you would have shown / displayed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	habría mostrado	he / she would have shown / displayed; you would have shown / displayed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	habríamos mostrado	we would have shown / displayed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	habríais mostrado	you would have shown / displayed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	habrían mostrado	they would have shown / displayed; you would have shown / displayed (plural)

• Habría mostrado otra imagen. — I would have shown another image.

Mostrar subjunctive conjugations

Mostrar present subjunctive conjugation

Present subjunctive (el presente de subjuntivo) — Use it in subordinate environments involving wishes, influence, emotion, doubt or denial, evaluation, necessity, possibility, or non-specific reference. Stressed forms use muestr-, while nosotros/nosotras and vosotros/vosotras use mostr-.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	muestre	that I show / display
Tú — you, singular informal	muestres	that you show / display
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	muestre	that he / she show / display; that you show / display (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	mostremos	that we show / display
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	mostréis	that you show / display (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	muestren	that they show / display; that you show / display (plural)

• Quiero que muestres el resultado. — I want you to show the result.

Mostrar imperfect subjunctive conjugation

Imperfect subjunctive (el imperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses the -ra series. The accepted -se series is also valid in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. These forms derive from the third-person plural preterite family; the main table uses the -ra series.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	mostrara	that I showed / displayed
Tú — you, singular informal	mostraras	that you showed / displayed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	mostrara	that he / she showed / displayed; that you showed / displayed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	mostráramos	that we showed / displayed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	mostrarais	that you showed / displayed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	mostraran	that they showed / displayed; that you showed / displayed (plural)

• Preferían que mostráramos un ejemplo real. — They preferred that we show a real example.
• Era mejor que mostrases primero la versión anterior. — It was better for you to show the previous version first.

Mostrar future subjunctive conjugation

Future subjunctive (el futuro de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. It survives mainly in formal, legal, proverbial, literary, or historical contexts. These rare reference forms share the same historical family as the imperfect subjunctive.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	mostrare	if / when I should show / display
Tú — you, singular informal	mostrares	if / when you should show / display
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	mostrare	if / when he / she should show / display; if / when you should show / display (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	mostráremos	if / when we should show / display
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	mostrareis	if / when you should show / display (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	mostraren	if / when they should show / display; if / when you should show / display (plural)

• Quien mostrare documentación deberá conservar una copia. — Whoever should show documentation must keep a copy.

Mostrar present perfect subjunctive conjugation

Present perfect subjunctive (el pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo) — Use it when a completed event appears inside a present- or future-oriented subjunctive environment. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle mostrado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	haya mostrado	that I have shown / displayed
Tú — you, singular informal	hayas mostrado	that you have shown / displayed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	haya mostrado	that he / she has shown / displayed; that you have shown / displayed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hayamos mostrado	that we have shown / displayed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hayáis mostrado	that you have shown / displayed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hayan mostrado	that they have shown / displayed; that you have shown / displayed (plural)

• Me alegra que hayas mostrado el problema con claridad. — I am glad that you showed the problem clearly.

Mostrar past perfect subjunctive conjugation

Past perfect subjunctive (el pluscuamperfecto de subjuntivo) — The main table uses hubiera; hubiese is an accepted auxiliary alternative in many contexts and is demonstrated after the table. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle mostrado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiera mostrado	that I had shown / displayed
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieras mostrado	that you had shown / displayed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiera mostrado	that he / she had shown / displayed; that you had shown / displayed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéramos mostrado	that we had shown / displayed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubierais mostrado	that you had shown / displayed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieran mostrado	that they had shown / displayed; that you had shown / displayed (plural)

• Si hubiéramos mostrado antes los datos, habría sido más fácil decidir. — If we had shown the data earlier, it would have been easier to decide.
• Si hubieses mostrado la foto, la habría reconocido. — If you had shown the photo, I would have recognized it.

Mostrar future perfect subjunctive conjugation

Future perfect subjunctive (el futuro perfecto de subjuntivo) — Rare in modern everyday Spanish. Treat it as a formal or historical reference form, not an everyday conversational target. Form it with the appropriate form of haber — “to have” as an auxiliary — plus the invariant participle mostrado.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Yo — I	hubiere mostrado	if / when I should have shown / displayed
Tú — you, singular informal	hubieres mostrado	if / when you should have shown / displayed
Él / Ella / Usted — he / she / you, singular formal	hubiere mostrado	if / when he / she should have shown / displayed; if / when you should have shown / displayed (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we	hubiéremos mostrado	if / when we should have shown / displayed
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	hubiereis mostrado	if / when you should have shown / displayed (plural)
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes — they / you, plural	hubieren mostrado	if / when they should have shown / displayed; if / when you should have shown / displayed (plural)

• Si hubieren mostrado los originales, deberán dejar constancia. — If they should have shown the originals, they must make a record of it.

Mostrar imperative and commands

Commands address another person directly. The nosotros/nosotras row is a present-subjunctive form used with exhortative “let’s…” value.

Mostrar affirmative commands

Use the verified affirmative command forms for direct instructions when the target meaning supports them naturally.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	muestra	show
Usted — you, singular formal	muestre	show (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	mostremos	let’s show
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	mostrad	show (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	muestren	show (plural)

• Muestra tu identificación. — Show your identification.

Mostrar negative commands

Negative commands use subjunctive-based forms, with no — “not / do not” — before the verb.

Pronoun and English meaning	Spanish	Natural English guide
Tú — you, singular informal	no muestres	do not show
Usted — you, singular formal	no muestre	do not show (formal)
Nosotros / Nosotras — we; let’s…	no mostremos	let’s not show
Vosotros / Vosotras — you, plural informal, mainly Spain	no mostréis	do not show (plural, mainly Spain)
Ustedes — you, plural	no muestren	do not show (plural)

• No muestres información privada. — Do not show private information.

Common constructions with Mostrar

These patterns show sentence frames that materially affect how the target verb is used.

• mostrar algo. — to show / display something.
• mostrar algo a alguien. — to show something to someone.
• mostrar que + clause. — to show / demonstrate that something is the case.
• mostrarse + adjective. — to show oneself / appear in a certain state or attitude.

Example sentences with Mostrar

These examples reinforce the target verb across useful forms and contexts already taught in the lesson.

• Muéstrame la foto, por favor. — Show me the photo, please.
• El gráfico muestra una tendencia clara. — The chart shows a clear trend.
• Estamos mostrando el nuevo diseño. — We are showing the new design.
• Espero que muestres todos los datos. — I hope you show all the data.
• Ya han mostrado los resultados. — They have already shown the results.
• Muestra primero la opción más sencilla. — Show the simplest option first.

Regional and usage notes for Mostrar

The core tables retain tú, usted, vosotros/vosotras, and ustedes for project comparability. Voseo changes some second-person singular forms in regions where vos — “you, singular informal” — is used.

• Vos mostrás los resultados al final. — You show the results at the end. (voseo)
• Mostrá tu identificación. — Show your identification. (affirmative vos command)

For mostrar, the main irregularity is the stressed present-family change o → ue. Use muestr- when the stem is stressed and mostr- in the unstressed and remaining major families.