muestra
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmwestɾa/ [ˈmwes.t̪ɾa]
- Rhymes: -estɾa
- Syllabification: mues‧tra
Etymology 1
Deverbal from mostrar.
Noun
muestra f (plural muestras)
- sample, sampling
- exhibition (artistic or technological collection for display)
- specimen
- Synonym: ejemplar
- demonstration, showing
- sign, token, display (e.g. of gratitude, of respect, of love)
- swatch
- (figurative) taste
Derived terms
- feria de muestras
- para muestra basta un botón
Related terms
- demostrar
- feria de muestras
- mostrador
- mostrar
- muestral
- mostrario / muestrario
- mostrear / muestrear
- mostreo / muestreo
- premostrar
See also
- espécimen
- seña
- signo
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
muestra
- inflection of mostrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “muestra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014