demonstrar

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

• IPA^(key): /deˈmonstrar/

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

1. (transitive) to demonstrate

From Old Portuguese demonstrar, demostrar, from Latin dēmōnstrāre, present active infinitive of dēmōnstrō (“I demonstrate”), with a re-Latinized spelling.

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.mõʃ.ˈtɾaɾ/

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

1. to demonstrate (all senses)
2. to show, prove
3. first-person singular (eu) personal infinitive of demonstrar
4. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) personal infinitive of demonstrar
5. first-person singular (eu) future subjunctive of demonstrar
6. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) future subjunctive of demonstrar

• demonstração