# show
## English
### Alternative forms

* shew (archaic)
* shewe (obsolete)
* showe (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ʃəʊ/
* (General American) enPR: shō, IPA: /ʃoʊ/
* (Canada) IPA: [ʃoː]
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (London):(file)
* Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊ, (General American) -oʊ

### Etymology 1

From Middle English schewen, from Old English scēawian (“to look, look at, exhibit, display”), from Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn, from Proto-Germanic *skawwōną (“to look, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁- (“to heed, look, feel, take note of”); see haw, gaum, caveat, caution.
Cognate with Scots shaw (“to show”), Dutch schouwen (“to inspect, view”), German schauen (“to see, behold”), Danish skue (“to behold”). Related to sheen.
Wider cognates include Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos), Latin caveō whence English caution and caveat, and Sanskrit कवि (kaví, “seer, prophet, bard”).

#### Verb

show (third-person singular simple present shows, present participle showing, simple past showed or (archaic) shew, past participle shown or (now rare, US) showed)
* (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
    The car's dull finish showed years of neglect.
    All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper.
** 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.
* (transitive) To bestow; to confer.
    to show mercy; to show favour; (dialectal) show me the salt please
* (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.
** 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 162:He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.
** 2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns
    A report this year in the Journal of Geophysical Research showed that the glacier has lost 60 percent of its mass.
* (transitive) To guide or escort.
    Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome.
    They showed us in.
* (intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
    Your bald patch is starting to show.
    At length, his gloom showed.
** 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):Just such she shows before a rising storm.
** 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “The Day-Dream. The Sleeping Palace.”, in Poems. […], volume II, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 151:All round a hedge upshoots, and shows / At distance like a little wood.
** 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.
* (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.
    We waited for an hour, but they never showed.
* (intransitive, informal) To have an enlarged belly and thus be recognizable as pregnant.
** 2011, Bill Condon, director, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1:Jessica: "So, um, do you think Bella's gonna be showing?" Angela: "Jess, she's not pregnant." Jessica: "Okay. Who else gets married at eighteen?"
** 2012, Carley Roney, The Baby Bump: 100s of Secrets to Surviving Those 9 Long Months, Chronicle Books, page 60:"My friend is due 2 weeks after me and she has this cute bump. I’m barely showing! Could something be wrong?
* (intransitive, motor racing) To finish third, especially of horses or dogs.
    In the third race: Aces Up won, paying eight dollars; Blarney Stone placed, paying three dollars; and Cinnamon showed, paying five dollars.
* (intransitive, card games) To reveal one's hand of cards.
** 2017, Nathan Schwiethale, Ace High: Mastering Low Stakes Poker Cash Games, page 70:He called instantly but was too ashamed to show until the river.
* (obsolete) To have a certain appearance, such as well or ill, fit or unfit; to become or suit; to appear.
** c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:My lord of York, it better showed with you.

##### Usage notes

* The past participle shown was uncommon before the 19th century, but is now the preferred form in standard English. In the UK, showed is regarded as archaic or dialectal. In the US, it is considered a standard variant form, but shown is more common. Garner's Modern American Usage favors shown over showed as past participle and claims it is mandatory for passives.
* In the past, shew was used as a past-tense form and shewed as a past participle of this verb; both forms are now archaic.

##### Conjugation

$^†$ Archaic or obsolete.

##### Synonyms

* (display): display, exhibit, flaunt, indicate, parade, point out, reveal, rub one's nose in, show off, visiblize
* (indicate a fact to be true): demonstrate, prove
* (put in an appearance): arrive, show up

##### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “display”): conceal, cover up, hide
* (antonym(s) of “indicate a fact to be true”): disprove, refute

##### Derived terms

* foreshow
* go to show
* have something to show for something
* outshow
* show a clean pair of heels
* show a leg
* show a little ginger
* show and tell
* show ankle
* show around
* show away
* show colour
* show down
* show-er
* shower
* show forth
* show in
* show off
* show one's age
* show one's ass
* show one's butt
* show one's cards
* show one's claws
* show oneself
* show one's face
* show one's hand
* show one's stripes
* show one's stuff
* show one's teeth
* show one's true colors
* show one's true colours
* show one's true stripes
* show out
* show round
* show shapes
* show skin
* show somebody the door
* show someone a good time
* show someone a thing or two
* show someone one's etchings
* show someone the door
* show someone the ropes
* show some skin
* show the cloven foot
* show the cloven hoof
* show the flag
* show the ropes
* show the way
* show the white feather
* show the white flag
* show-through
* show up
* show what one is made of
* show who's boss
* show who's the boss

##### Translations

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##### See also

* showcase
* showdown

### Etymology 2

From Middle English schewe, from the verb (schewen).

#### Noun

show (countable and uncountable, plural shows)
* (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.
    There were a thousand people at the show.
** 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter IV, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
* (countable) An exhibition of items.
    art show;  dog show
* (countable) A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.
    radio show;  television show
    They performed in the show.
    I spotted my neighbour on the morning TV show.
** 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
    Every day I do my morning show.
       Audio (US):(file)
* (countable) A movie.
    Let's catch a show.
* (Australia, New Zealand, countable) An agricultural show.
    I'm taking the kids to the show on Tuesday.
** 1924 October 6, The Examiner, Launceston, page 2, column 6:E. C. McEnulty, who won the chop at the show on Thursday, cut through a foot lying block in 34 seconds
* A project or presentation.
    Let's get on with the show.
    Let's get this show on the road.
    They went on an international road show to sell the shares to investors.
    It was Apple's usual dog and pony show.
* (countable) A demonstration.
    show of force
* (uncountable) Mere display or pomp with no substance. (Usually seen in the phrases "all show" and "for show".)
** 1725–1728, [Edward Young], “(please specify the page)”, in Love of Fame, the Universal Passion. In Seven Characteristical Satires, 4th edition, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson […], published 1741, →OCLC:I envy none their pageantry and show.
    The dog sounds ferocious but it's all show.
* Outward appearance; wileful or deceptive appearance.
** c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament.
* (baseball, with "the") The major leagues.
    He played AA ball for years, but never made it to the show.
* (mining, obsolete) A pale blue flame at the top of a candle flame, indicating the presence of firedamp.
* (archaic) Pretence.
* (archaic) Sign, token, or indication.
* (obsolete) Semblance; likeness; appearance.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 20:46-47:Beware of the scribes, […] which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:He through the midst unmarked, In show plebeian angel militant Of lowest order, passed.
* (obsolete) Plausibility.
* (medicine) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked with blood, occurring a short time before labor.
* (military, slang) A battle; local conflict. [from 1892]
** 1918, Denis Garstin, The Shilling Soldiers‎, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 116:A subaltern, wearing a glengarry, came out of a house, playing with the nose of a shell. He walked a little way with me. “Going into the show?”

##### Synonyms

* (exhibition): exhibition, exposition
* (demonstration): demonstration, illustration, proof
* (broadcast program(me)): program(me)
* (mere display with no substance): façade, front, superficiality
* (baseball): big leagues

##### Derived terms

* after the Lord Mayor's show
* air show
* all over the show
* all show and no go
* auto show
* bad show
* bench show
* big show
* bloody show
* boat show
* bottle show
* call-in show
* chat show
* cinema show
* clip show
* clown show
* cooking show
* dog-and-pony show
* dog show
* donkey show
* drag show
* dumb-show
* dumb show
* fashion show
* flicker show
* floor show
* for show
* freak show
* galanty show
* gallanty show
* game show
* gang show
* get the show on the road
* get this show on the road
* gong show
* good show
* go-show
* gun show
* holy show
* horror-show
* horror show
* horse show
* house show
* ice show
* I'll show you
* jig show
* jolly good show
* keep the show on the road
* kid show
* leg show
* light show
* magic lantern show
* make a show of oneself
* medicine show
* minstrel show
* monkey show
* motor show
* no-call-no-show
* no-show
* no show
* no show sock
* no show without Punch
* object show
* on show
* opinion show
* order to show cause
* panel show
* passing show
* peep show
* phone-in show
* picture show
* ping pong show
* poor show
* puppet show
* puppet-show
* put up a show
* quilt show
* quiz show
* raree show
* reality show
* run the show
* shit show
* show-and-tell
* show bag
* show barn
* show bench
* show bill
* showbiz, show business, showbusiness
* show box
* show bread
* show cause
* show cave
* show court
* show day
* show dog
* show end
* show flat
* show-glass
* show glass
* show globe
* show-goer
* showground
* show home
* show jumper
* show jumping
* showlike
* show notes
* show-off
* show of force
* show of hands
* show of strength
* show-out
* show ring
* show-run
* show song
* show-stealing
* show stone
* show-stone
* show stopper
* show time
* show towel
* show trial
* show tune
* show-up
* show willing
* show window
* showy
* side show
* slide show
* slide-show
* smoke show
* stage show
* steal the show
* step show
* string show
* super-show
* tabloid talk show
* talent show
* talk show
* television show, TV show
* the show must go on
* trade show
* trunk show
* variety show

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: xou
* → Danish: show
* → Dutch: show
* → Finnish: show
* → French: show
* → German: Show
* → Hindi: शो (śo)
* → Hungarian: show
* → Japanese: ショー (shō)
* → Korean: 쇼 (syo)
* → Norwegian Bokmål: show
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: show
* → Portuguese: show
* → Russian: шоу (šou)
* → Spanish: show
* → Swedish: show
* → Turkish: şov
* → Urdu: شو (śo)

##### See also

* showman
* showpiece
* show-stopper
* show-stopping

### Etymology 3

Variant of shove, itself a variant of shive.

#### Noun

show (plural shows)
* Synonym of shive (“wood fragment of the husk of flax or hemp”).
** 1765, “Directions for raising Flax”, in Museum Rusticum et Commerciale: or, Select Papers on Agriculture, Commerce, Arts, and Manufactures. […], volume IV, London: […] R[obert] Davis, […] J[ohn] Newbery, […] and L[ockyer] Davis and C[harles] Reymers, […], page 459:When the flax is ſufficiently watered, it feels ſoft to the grip, and the harle parts eaſily with the boon or ſhow, which laſt is then become brittle, and looks whitiſh.
** 1798, [Christian Friedrich] Germershausen, anonymous translator, “On the Means of promoting the Growth of young Fruit-Trees, particularly in Grass-Land. […] From the Transactions of the Œconomical Society of Leipsic.”, in The Repertory of Arts and Manufactures: […], volume VIII, London: […] [F]or the proprietors; and sold by H[enry] Lowndes, […], page 63:Laſt year (1793) I tranſplanted, from ſeed-beds, into the nurſery, ſeveral fruit-trees; the ground around ſome of which I covered, as above, with flax-ſhows. Notwithſtanding the great heat of the ſummer, none of thoſe trees where the earth was covered with ſhows, died or decayed; becauſe the ſhows prevented the earth under them from being dried by the ſun.
** 1942 March, E[myr] Estyn Evans, Irish Heritage: The Landscape, the People and Their Work, Dundalk, County Louth: W[illiam] Tempest, Dundalgan Press, page 64:Old houses in the north-east sometimes have a thick layer of flax waste or “shows” under the thatch.

### References

* ↑ “sheu(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* 1 2 “show, n.$^1$”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
* ↑ Rossiter W[orthington] Raymond (1881) “Show”, in A Glossary of Mining and Metallurgical Terms. […], Easton, Pa.: [American] Institute [of Mining Engineers], […], →OCLC.
* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “show”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* ↑ “show, n.$^2$”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
* ↑ “shove, n.$^2$”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

### Anagrams

* Hows, how's, hows, who's, whos

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): sou$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sou$^1$
*** Yale: sōu
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sou$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sou$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sou̯⁵⁵/

### Etymology 1

From English show.

#### Noun

show
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 騷 / 骚 (sou$^1$, “show”)

#### Verb

show
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) to show; to display
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) to turn up
    no show [Cantonese] ― nou$^1$ sou$^1$ [Jyutping] ― no-show

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

show
* (Hong Kong Cantonese, eye dialect) Alternative form of so (sou$^1$, “to respond; to pay attention to”)

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English show.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɕɔːw/, /ˈɕɔw/

### Noun

show n (singular definite showet, plural indefinite shows or show)
* show (play, dance, or other entertainment)
* show (exhibition of items)
* show (broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program)

#### Declension
### References

* “show” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English show.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃoː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: show

### Noun

show m (plural shows, diminutive showtje n)
* a show (entertainment)

#### Derived terms

* goochelshow
* modeshow
* shitshow
* showbiz
* showen
* talkshow

#### Descendants

* →? Sranan Tongo: syow
** → Caribbean Javanese: so

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English show.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃou̯/, [ˈʃo̞u̯]
* IPA: /ˈʃoː/, [ˈʃo̞ː]
* IPA: /ˈsoː/, [ˈs̠o̞ː]
* Rhymes: -ou
* Hyphenation: show

### Noun

show
* show (entertainment)

#### Usage notes

In plural usually substituted with a synonym, as the word does not easily fit into any Finnish declension category.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of show (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
show’ni
show’ni
accusative
nom.
show’ni
show’ni
gen.
show’ni
genitive
show’ni
show’ideni show’itteni
partitive
show’tani
show’itani
inessive
show’ssani
show’issani
elative
show’stani
show’istani
illative
show’huni
show’ihini
adessive
show’llani
show’illani
ablative
show’ltani
show’iltani
allative
show’lleni
show’illeni
essive
show’nani
show’inani
translative
show’kseni
show’ikseni
abessive
show’ttani
show’ittani
instructive
comitative
—show’ineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
show’si
show’si
accusative
nom.
show’si
show’si
gen.
show’si
genitive
show’si
show’idesi show’ittesi
partitive
show’tasi
show’itasi
inessive
show’ssasi
show’issasi
elative
show’stasi
show’istasi
illative
show’husi
show’ihisi
adessive
show’llasi
show’illasi
ablative
show’ltasi
show’iltasi
allative
show’llesi
show’illesi
essive
show’nasi
show’inasi
translative
show’ksesi
show’iksesi
abessive
show’ttasi
show’ittasi
instructive
comitative
—show’inesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
show’mme
show’mme
accusative
nom.
show’mme
show’mme
gen.
show’mme
genitive
show’mme
show’idemme show’ittemme
partitive
show’tamme
show’itamme
inessive
show’ssamme
show’issamme
elative
show’stamme
show’istamme
illative
show’humme
show’ihimme
adessive
show’llamme
show’illamme
ablative
show’ltamme
show’iltamme
allative
show’llemme
show’illemme
essive
show’namme
show’inamme
translative
show’ksemme
show’iksemme
abessive
show’ttamme
show’ittamme
instructive
comitative
—show’inemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
show’nne
show’nne
accusative
nom.
show’nne
show’nne
gen.
show’nne
genitive
show’nne
show’idenne show’ittenne
partitive
show’tanne
show’itanne
inessive
show’ssanne
show’issanne
elative
show’stanne
show’istanne
illative
show’hunne
show’ihinne
adessive
show’llanne
show’illanne
ablative
show’ltanne
show’iltanne
allative
show’llenne
show’illenne
essive
show’nanne
show’inanne
translative
show’ksenne
show’iksenne
abessive
show’ttanne
show’ittanne
instructive
comitative
—show’inenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
show’nsa
show’nsa
accusative
nom.
show’nsa
show’nsa
gen.
show’nsa
genitive
show’nsa
show’idensa show’ittensa
partitive
show’taan show’tansa
show’itaan show’itansa
inessive
show’ssaan show’ssansa
show’issaan show’issansa
elative
show’staan show’stansa
show’istaan show’istansa
illative
show’hunsa
show’ihinsa
adessive
show’llaan show’llansa
show’illaan show’illansa
ablative
show’ltaan show’ltansa
show’iltaan show’iltansa
allative
show’lleen show’llensa
show’illeen show’illensa
essive
show’naan show’nansa
show’inaan show’inansa
translative
show’kseen show’ksensa
show’ikseen show’iksensa
abessive
show’ttaan show’ttansa
show’ittaan show’ittansa
instructive
comitative
—show’ineen show’inensa :

#### Synonyms

* esitys, näytös

#### Derived terms

* jääshow
* lavashow
* muotishow
* ravintolashow
* showpaini
* televisioshow
* valoshow

### Further reading

* “show”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English show.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃo/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: chaud, chauds, chaut, chaux, cheau, cheaux, shows

### Noun

show m (plural shows)
* show (entertainment program)

### Further reading

* “show”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From English show.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈʃoː]
* Audio:(file)
* Homophone: só
* Hyphenation: show
* Rhymes: -ʃoː

### Noun

show (plural show-k)
* show (entertainment, programme, production, performance)

#### Derived terms

* show-műsor
* show-tánc
* valóságshow

#### Related terms

* talk show

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Borrowed from English show.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃɔʋ/, /ʃɔʊ/
* Rhymes: -ɔʋ, -ɔʊ

### Noun

show n (definite singular showet, indefinite plural show, definite plural showa or showene)
* a show (play, concert, entertainment)

#### Derived terms

* moteshow
* sceneshow

### References

* “show” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

Borrowed from English show.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʂɔʋ/, /ʂɔu/
* Rhymes: -ɔʋ, -ɔu

### Noun

show n (definite singular showet, indefinite plural show, definite plural showa)
* a show (play, concert, entertainment)

#### Derived terms

* moteshow
* sceneshow

### References

* “show” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* szoł

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English show.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʂɔw/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔw
* Syllabification: show

### Noun

show m inan or n (indeclinable)
* show (large, impressive artistic and entertainment show of revue character with the participation of singers, dancers, circus performers, usually conducted by an anchorman)
    Synonym: widowisko
    Hypernym: przedstawienie
* show (impressive artistic performance or demonstration of some unusual skill)
    Synonym: pokaz
* show (event or series of events in social, political, or cultural life taking on the character of a spectacle eagerly watched by all)
    Synonym: przedstawienie

### Further reading

* show in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* show in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* show in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* chou, xou (rare)

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English show.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʃo(w)/ [ˈʃo(ʊ̯)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃo(w)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃo(w)/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃow/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈʃo/

### Noun

show m (plural shows)
* show (an entertainment performance event)
    Synonyms: espetáculo, apresentação
** (especially) concert (musical presentation)
* (Brazil, colloquial) an act or performance that demonstrates high skill; spectacle; display; feat
    Synonym: espetáculo
    Aquela aula foi um show.That class was amazing.
* (colloquial, often used in dar um show) the action of crying or yelling out loud in order to protest or complain about something, often in the context of a discussion or argument
    Synonym: fazer uma cena

#### Derived terms

* dar um show
* show de bola
* showmício

### Adjective

show (invariable)
* (Brazil, slang) amazing; awesome
    Synonyms: espetacular, excelente, maravilhoso

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English show.

### Noun

show n (plural show-uri)
* show

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English show.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃou/ [ˈʃou̯], /ˈt͡ʃou/ [ˈt͡ʃou̯], /ˈsou/ [ˈsou̯]
* Rhymes: -ou

### Noun

show m (plural shows)
* show, spectacle
    Synonym: espectáculo
* (informal) a scene, i.e. an exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others, creating embarrassment or disruption
    Synonym: escena

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

#### Derived terms

* montar un show

### Further reading

* “show”, 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

## Swedish
### Etymology

From English show.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɧɔ͡ʊ/, [ɧɔ͡ʊ], [ʂɔ͡ʊ]
* IPA: /ɧɔv/, [ɧɔvː], [ʂɔvː]
* IPA: /ɧoː/ (dated)

### Noun

show c
* show; a play, dance, or other entertainment.

#### Declension
### References

* show in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* show in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* show in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)