mostrar
Portuguese, verb/mosˈtɾa(ʁ)/
mostrar is spelled M-O-S-T-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears 138 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 714th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mostrar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to show” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a reflexive of mostrar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer aparecer”.
What does mostrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to show
Mostre-o para mim./Mostre-mo
- 2
reflexive of mostrar
- 3
to show off (to demonstrate something for the purpose of bragging)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer aparecer 2. pôr em local de destaque; expor
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 mostrar
- mostro first-person present singular
- mostrei first-person preterite singular
- mostrado participle past
- mostrares infinitive second-person singular
- mostrarmos first-person infinitive plural
- mostrardes infinitive plural second-person
- mostrarem infinitive plural third-person
- mostrando gerund
- mostrados masculine participle past
- mostrada feminine participle past
- mostradas feminine participle past
- mostras indicative present second-person
- mostra indicative present singular
- mostramos first-person indicative plural
- mostrais indicative plural present
- mostram indicative plural present
- mostrava first-person imperfect indicative
- mostravas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mostrar?
- Brazil /mosˈtɾa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [mosˈtɾa(h)]
- /mosˈtɾa(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mostrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mostrar in Portuguese?
mostrar appears 138 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).