Mostramos el permiso de ocupación de la vía pública.

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.

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.)

El permiso means the permit, while un permiso means a permit.

Using el suggests that this is a specific, known permit—probably the official permit relevant in that situation.

So:

• el permiso = the specific permit
• un permiso = any permit / one permit

In practical contexts, especially with official documents, Spanish often uses the definite article when both speaker and listener know which document is being referred to.

Permiso de ocupación literally means permit of occupation/use, but in natural English it would usually be something like:

• occupation permit
• permit to occupy
• permit for use

The de links the noun permiso with what the permit is for.

This is very common in Spanish:

• permiso de conducir = driving licence / driving permit
• permiso de residencia = residence permit
• permiso de trabajo = work permit

So permiso de ocupación means a permit related to occupying/using something.

Because each de does a different job.

• permiso de ocupación = permit for occupation/use
• ocupación de la vía pública = occupation/use of the public road/public space

So the structure is:

• permiso
  • de ocupación
    • de la vía pública

In English, we often compress this into a smoother noun phrase, but Spanish frequently uses de chains like this.

La vía pública is a fairly formal expression. In Spain, it usually refers to public streets, roads, or public space that belongs to public use.

Depending on context, it may be translated as:

• the public road
• the public street
• public space
• the public highway/right-of-way in more technical contexts

It is more formal and administrative than just la calle (the street).

So:

• la calle = everyday word, ordinary speech
• la vía pública = formal/legal/official wording

Spanish usually uses the definite article more often than English.

Here, la vía pública refers to the public thoroughfare/public space as a known category or legal entity, so the article sounds natural and standard.

In official Spanish, expressions like these commonly include the article:

• la vía pública
• la seguridad social
• el medio ambiente

Leaving out la here would sound incomplete in a normal full sentence.

The accent marks show the correct stress.

• vía: the accent marks a hiatus, so it is pronounced roughly VEE-ah, not as one syllable
• ocupación: the stress falls on the last syllable, roughly oo-koo-pah-THYON in Spain

So:

• vía = ví-a
• ocupación = stress on -ción

Accent marks in Spanish are not optional; they are part of the correct spelling.

In Spain, a broad approximation would be:

mos-TRA-mos el per-MEE-so de o-koo-pa-THYON de la BEE-a POO-bli-ka

A few pronunciation notes:

• mostramos: stress on -tra-
• permiso: stress on -mi-
• ocupación: in most of Spain, ci sounds like thy in thin
• vía: two clear vowel sounds, VEE-ah
• pública: stress on PU-

If you pronounce it in Latin American Spanish, ocupación would usually sound more like -SYON instead of -THYON.

Yes, possibly, but the nuance changes a little.

• mostrar = to show
• enseñar can mean to show, but it also commonly means to teach

In many contexts, enseñar works perfectly well for show:

• Enséñame el documento. = Show me the document.

But with official or administrative wording, mostrar often sounds a bit more neutral or formal.

So in this sentence, mostramos fits very naturally.

Yes, it sounds fairly formal or administrative, mainly because of the phrase permiso de ocupación de la vía pública.

The verb mostramos itself is neutral, but the noun phrase sounds like the kind of language you would see in:

• official notices
• municipal documents
• legal or bureaucratic contexts
• signage related to permits or authorisation

A more everyday sentence might use simpler wording, depending on context.

No, not in this sentence.

Although ocupación can sometimes mean occupation in the sense of job/profession, here it clearly means occupation/use of space because it is followed by de la vía pública.

So here it refers to taking up or using part of public space, for example for:

• tables outside a bar
• building works
• scaffolding
• a temporary structure

The context makes the meaning physical/legal, not professional.

The structure is:

• Mostramos = verb
• el permiso de ocupación de la vía pública = direct object

So the pattern is:

Verb + direct object

More specifically:

• Mostramos
• el permiso
• de ocupación
• de la vía pública

It is a very typical Spanish structure: a verb followed by a noun phrase, with extra information added using de.