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demonstrar

Portuguese, verb/de.mõsˈtɾa(ʁ)/

demonstrar is spelled D-E-M-O-N-S-T-R-A-R (10 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,671st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Demonstrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to demonstrate (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer demonstração, mostrar, tornar evidente”.

What does demonstrar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to demonstrate (all senses)

  2. 2

    to show, prove

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

verb: 1. fazer demonstração, mostrar, tornar evidente: 2. provar por meio de argumento ou de ciência: 3. dar-se a conhecer, expor-se

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of demonstrar

  • demonstro first-person present singular
  • demonstrei first-person preterite singular
  • demonstrado participle past
  • demonstrares infinitive second-person singular
  • demonstrarmos first-person infinitive plural
  • demonstrardes infinitive plural second-person
  • demonstrarem infinitive plural third-person
  • demonstrando gerund
  • demonstrados masculine participle past
  • demonstrada feminine participle past
  • demonstradas feminine participle past
  • demonstras indicative present second-person
  • demonstra indicative present singular
  • demonstramos first-person indicative plural
  • demonstrais indicative plural present
  • demonstram indicative plural present
  • demonstrava first-person imperfect indicative
  • demonstravas imperfect indicative second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce demonstrar?

  • Brazil /de.mõsˈtɾa(ʁ)/
  • Brazil [de.mõsˈtɾa(h)]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to demonstrar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is demonstrar in Portuguese?

demonstrar appears 23 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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