demonstrar

Central Bikol

Etymology

Pseudo-Hispanism, from English demonstrate, and influenced by Spanish demostrar.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: de‧mons‧trar
  • IPA(key): /demonsˈtɾaɾ/ [d̪e.mon̪sˈtɾaɾ]

Verb

demonstrár

  1. alternative form of demostrar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto demonstri, English demonstrate, French démontrer, German demonstrieren, Italian dimostrare, Russian демонстри́ровать (demonstrírovatʹ), Spanish demostrar, ultimately from Latin dēmōnstrō (“I demonstrate”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deˈmonstrar/

Verb

demonstrar (present tense demonstras, past tense demonstris, future tense demonstros, imperative demonstrez, conditional demonstrus)

  1. (transitive) to demonstrate

Conjugation

Conjugation of demonstrar
present past future
infinitive demonstrar demonstrir demonstror
tense demonstras demonstris demonstros
conditional demonstrus — —
imperative demonstrez — —
adjective active participle demonstranta demonstrinta demonstronta
adverbial active participle demonstrante demonstrinte demonstronte
nominal
active participle 		singular demonstranto demonstrinto demonstronto
plural demonstranti demonstrinti demonstronti
adjective passive participle demonstrata demonstrita demonstrota
adverbial passive participle demonstrate demonstrite demonstrote
nominal
passive participle 		singular demonstrato demonstrito demonstroto
plural demonstrati demonstriti demonstroti

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese demonstrar, demostrar, from Latin dēmōnstrāre (“to demonstrate”), with a re-Latinized spelling.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.mõsˈtɾa(ʁ)/ [de.mõsˈtɾa(h)]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.mõʃˈtɾaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.mõʃˈtɾa.ɾi/

Verb

demonstrar (first-person singular present demonstro, first-person singular preterite demonstrei, past participle demonstrado)

  1. to demonstrate (all senses)
  2. to show, prove

Conjugation

    Conjugation of demonstrar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal demonstrar
Personal demonstrar demonstrares demonstrar demonstrarmos demonstrardes demonstrarem
Gerund
demonstrando
Past participle
Masculine demonstrado demonstrados
Feminine demonstrada demonstradas
Indicative
Present demonstro demonstras demonstra demonstramos demonstrais demonstram
Imperfect demonstrava demonstravas demonstrava demonstrávamos demonstráveis demonstravam
Preterite demonstrei demonstraste demonstrou demonstramos1, demonstrámos2 demonstrastes demonstraram
Pluperfect demonstrara demonstraras demonstrara demonstráramos demonstráreis demonstraram
Future demonstrarei demonstrarás demonstrará demonstraremos demonstrareis demonstrarão
Conditional demonstraria demonstrarias demonstraria demonstraríamos demonstraríeis demonstrariam
Subjunctive
Present demonstre demonstres demonstre demonstremos demonstreis demonstrem
Imperfect demonstrasse demonstrasses demonstrasse demonstrássemos demonstrásseis demonstrassem
Future demonstrar demonstrares demonstrar demonstrarmos demonstrardes demonstrarem
Imperative
Affirmative demonstra demonstre demonstremos demonstrai demonstrem
Negative (não) não demonstres não demonstre não demonstremos não demonstreis não demonstrem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /demonsˈtɾaɾ/ [d̪e.mõnsˈt̪ɾaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧mons‧trar

Verb

demonstrar

  1. obsolete form of demostrar

Usage notes

  • It has the anomaly of changing the on to ue in some tenses and persons: such as yo demuestro, demuestra tu, demuestre aquel, &c.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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