demostrar
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
demostrar
- to demonstrate
Derived terms
- demostraron
- idemostrar
- magdemostrar
Related terms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin dēmōnstrāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
demostrar (first-person singular present demostro, first-person singular preterite demostrí, past participle demostrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/(transitive)
Conjugation
Derived terms
- demostrança
Related terms
References
- “demostrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin dēmonstrāre.
Verb
demostrar (first-person singular present demostro, first-person singular preterite demostrei, past participle demostrado)
- to demonstrate
- to prove
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Related terms
Etymology
From Latin dēmonstrāre.
Verb
demostrar
- to demonstrate; to show
Related terms
Descendants
- Occitan: demostrar
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “dēmonstrāre”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 3
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Latin dēmōnstrāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
demostrar (first-person singular present demuestro, first-person singular preterite demostré, past participle demostrado)
- to show, to demonstrate
- to prove
Conjugation
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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