Mostramos el permiso de ocupación de la vía pública.

We show the public-thoroughfare occupation permit.

Breakdown of Mostramos el permiso de ocupación de la vía pública.

• mostrar: to show
• el permiso de ocupación de la vía pública: the public-thoroughfare occupation permit

Questions & Answers about Mostramos el permiso de ocupación de la vía pública.

What does mostramos mean here, exactly?

Mostramos is the first-person plural form of mostrar (to show), so it means we show.

One important detail: in Spanish, mostramos can also mean we showed because the present and the preterite forms are identical for nosotros with many -ar verbs.

So depending on context, mostramos could mean:

• we show
• we are showing
• we showed

In this sentence, the surrounding context tells you which meaning is intended.

Why is there no nosotros in the sentence?

Spanish often omits subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here, mostramos already tells you the subject is we.

So:

• Mostramos el permiso... = We show the permit...
• Nosotros mostramos el permiso... = also correct, but more explicit

You would normally add nosotros only if you want to:

• emphasize we
• contrast with someone else
  
  • Nosotros mostramos el permiso, pero ellos no.
    (We show the permit, but they don’t.)

Why is it el permiso and not un permiso?