il montra

showed, demonstrated

→ montrer
montr to show, to demonstrate + a 3rd-person singular simple past
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Uncommon #13,194
showed, demonstrated Literary past-tense form; in everyday French, the passé composé is more common.
FR: Elle montra son dessin à son frère.
EN: She showed her drawing to her brother.
Conjugation of montrer
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third montra —

Le policier montra rapidement son insigne.

The policeman quickly showed his badge.

Le violeur ne montra aucun signe de remords, au cours du procès.

The rapist showed no signs of remorse during the trial.

Elle ne se montra pas polie à son endroit.

She was not polite to him.

Il lui montra comment faire différents nœuds.

He showed her how to tie different knots.

Ce garçon ne montra aucune crainte.

This boy showed no fear.

Tom montra ma photo à Mary.

Tom showed my picture to Mary.

Il me le montra.

He showed it to me.

Il montra des signes de grande émotion.

He showed signs of great emotion.

Le pompier montra comment éteindre le feu.

The firefighter demonstrated how to extinguish the fire.

Tom montra un intérêt pour le plan.

Tom showed interest in the plan.

Beth attendait avec impatience de le voir, mais il ne se montra jamais.

Beth looked forward to seeing him, but he never showed up.

Tom montra sa collection de timbres à Mary.

Tom showed his stamp collection to Mary.

Elle ne se montra pas.

She did not show herself.

Mary montra à Alice sa bague de fiançailles.

Mary showed Alice her engagement ring.

Tom montra quelque chose à Mary.

Tom showed something to Mary.

Il me montra comment confectionner un gâteau.

He showed me how to make a cake.

Tom montra les cordes à Mary.

Tom showed Mary the ropes.

On nous montra toutes leurs photos de famille.

We were shown all their family photos.

Dan montra son insigne de police à Linda.

Dan showed Linda his police badge.

Keith me tapota l’épaule et me montra quelque chose.

Keith patted me on the shoulder and showed me something.

Tom montra la caméra de sécurité.

Tom pointed to the security camera.

Elle lui montra la photo.

She showed him the picture.

Elle montra son courage face au danger.

She showed her courage in the face of danger.

Tom montra son jardin à Mary.

Tom showed Mary his garden.

Il nous montra la photo de sa mère.

He showed us a photo of his mother.

Elle me montra quelle robe porter.

She showed me what dress to wear.

Il me montra son album photo.

He showed me his photo album.

Tom montra à Marie la cicatrice sur sa jambe.

Tom showed Mary the scar on his leg.

L'inspecteur se montra extrêmement surpris.

The inspector seemed extremely surprised.

Sami montra le cheval du doigt.

Sami pointed at the horse.

Un garçon âgé d'une trentaine d'années se montra et salua.

A man in his thirties appeared and greeted us.

Passepartout se montra.

Passepartout appeared.

Elle me montra sa nouvelle voiture.

She showed me her new car.

Elle me le montra.

She showed it to me.

Einstein nous montra nos limites.

Einstein showed us our limits.