futuro

See also: futùro

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈtuɾo/ [fuˈt̪u.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: fu‧tu‧ro

Adjective

futuro

1. neuter of futuru

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian futuro, French futur, English future, German Futur, all ultimately from Latin futūrus, irregular future active participle of sum (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, be”). Compare similar IAL derivations like Ido futuro, Interlingue futuro, Volapük fütür.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈturo/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uro
• Syllabification: fu‧tu‧ro

Noun

futuro (accusative singular futuron, plural futuroj, accusative plural futurojn)

1. (uncountable) future (the time ahead)

   Synonym: estonteco

2. (countable, grammar) future tense

Derived terms

• futurismo
• futurologio
• futurologo

See also

• -os

Further reading

• “futuro”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “futuro”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Galician

Etymology

Derived from Latin futūrus (“about to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈtuɾo/ [fuˈt̪u.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Hyphenation: fu‧tu‧ro

Adjective

futuro (feminine futura, masculine plural futuros, feminine plural futuras)

1. future

Noun

futuro m (plural futuros)

1. the future
2. (grammar) future tense

References

• “futuro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “futuro”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “futuro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “futuro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “futuro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “futuro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish futuro, Italian futuro, English future, French futur and German Futur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈtu.ro/

Noun

futuro (plural futuri)

1. future (period that yet has to happen)
   • 1911, Progreso, volume 3, page 454:

     Ni rimarkas ica opiniono : « La futuro apartenas, nek a la panslavismo, nek a la pangermanismo, nek a la panlatinismo, ma a l'Unionita Stati di Europo ».

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (grammar) future tense (tense used for future events)

Antonyms

• pasinto

Derived terms

• futurala

Interlingua

Noun

futuro (plural futuros)

1. future (time posterior to the present)

Antonyms

• passato

Italian

Etymology

From Latin futūrus (future participle of esse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈtu.ro/
• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: fu‧tù‧ro

Adjective

futuro (feminine futura, masculine plural futuri, feminine plural future, adverb futuramente)

1. future

   Synonym: venturo

   Antonym: passato

2. soon-to-be

   Synonym: presto

Derived terms

• futurità

Noun

futuro m (plural futuri)

1. the future

   Synonym: avvenire

2. (grammar) the future tense

   Hyponyms: futuro semplice, futuro anteriore

Derived terms

• futuro anteriore
• futuro semplice

Related terms

• futuribile
• futurismo
• futurista
• futuristico
• futurologia

Further reading

• “futuro”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin futūra

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin futūrō

From futūra + -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fʊˈtuː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [fuˈtuː.ro]

Verb

futūrō (present infinitive futūrāre, perfect active futūrāvī, supine futūrātum); first conjugation (Medieval Latin)

1. to postpone, throw into the future

Conjugation

   Conjugation of futūrō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	futūrō		futūrās		futūrat		futūrāmus		futūrātis		futūrant
	imperfect	futūrābam		futūrābās		futūrābat		futūrābāmus		futūrābātis		futūrābant
	future	futūrābō		futūrābis		futūrābit		futūrābimus		futūrābitis		futūrābunt
	perfect	futūrāvī		futūrāvistī		futūrāvit		futūrāvimus		futūrāvistis		futūrāvērunt, futūrāvēre
	pluperfect	futūrāveram		futūrāverās		futūrāverat		futūrāverāmus		futūrāverātis		futūrāverant
	future perfect	futūrāverō		futūrāveris		futūrāverit		futūrāverimus		futūrāveritis		futūrāverint
passive	present	futūror		futūrāris, futūrāre		futūrātur		futūrāmur		futūrāminī		futūrantur
	imperfect	futūrābar		futūrābāris, futūrābāre		futūrābātur		futūrābāmur		futūrābāminī		futūrābantur
	future	futūrābor		futūrāberis, futūrābere		futūrābitur		futūrābimur		futūrābiminī		futūrābuntur
	perfect	futūrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	futūrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	futūrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	futūrem		futūrēs		futūret		futūrēmus		futūrētis		futūrent
	imperfect	futūrārem		futūrārēs		futūrāret		futūrārēmus		futūrārētis		futūrārent
	perfect	futūrāverim		futūrāverīs		futūrāverit		futūrāverīmus		futūrāverītis		futūrāverint
	pluperfect	futūrāvissem		futūrāvissēs		futūrāvisset		futūrāvissēmus		futūrāvissētis		futūrāvissent
passive	present	futūrer		futūrēris, futūrēre		futūrētur		futūrēmur		futūrēminī		futūrentur
	imperfect	futūrārer		futūrārēris, futūrārēre		futūrārētur		futūrārēmur		futūrārēminī		futūrārentur
	perfect	futūrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	futūrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		futūrā		—		—		futūrāte		—
	future	—		futūrātō		futūrātō		—		futūrātōte		futūrantō
passive	present	—		futūrāre		—		—		futūrāminī		—
	future	—		futūrātor		futūrātor		—		—		futūrantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		futūrāre			futūrārī			futūrāns			—
future		futūrātūrum esse			futūrātum īrī			futūrātūrus			futūrandus
perfect		futūrāvisse			futūrātum esse			—			futūrātus
future perfect		—			futūrātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		futūrātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		futūrandī		futūrandō		futūrandum		futūrandō		futūrātum		futūrātū

Derived terms

• futūrātiō

Etymology 2

Participle

futūrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of futūrus

Further reading

• "futuro", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “futurare”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Papiamentu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin futūruslbor.

Spanish futuroder.

Latin futūruslbor.

Portuguese futuroder.

Papiamentu futuro

Derived from Spanish futuro and Portuguese futuro.

Noun

futuro

1. future

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈtu.ɾu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈtu.ɾu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -uɾu
• Hyphenation: fu‧tu‧ro

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin futūrus (“about to be”).

Adjective

futuro (feminine futura, masculine plural futuros, feminine plural futuras)

1. future

   Synonym: vindouro

Derived terms

• futuramente

Related terms

• futuração
• futurar
• futurismo
• futurista
• futurologia
• futurólogo
• futuroso

Noun

futuro m (uncountable)

1. future (the time ahead)

   Synonyms: destino, porvir, posteridade

   Antonym: passado

   • 1999, Jane Katra, Russell Targ, O coração da mente, Editora Cultrix, →ISBN, page 92:

     É difícil ler sobre o trabalho dessas pessoas e não se convencer da realidade da precognição, mesmo que não se entenda como ela se dá. A descoberta mais importante dos dados combinados — partindo de dezenas dessas experiências de precognição de muitos laboratórios em todo o mundo — é que não é mais difícil ver mediunicamente o futuro do que ver mediunicamente acontecimentos ocultos no presente. Esse é o mistério que nos cativa.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (grammar) future tense

Coordinate terms

• (future tense): pretérito, presente

Derived terms

• sem futuro

Etymology 2

Verb

futuro

1. first-person singular present indicative of futurar

Further reading

• “futuro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “futuro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin futūrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈtuɾo/ [fuˈt̪u.ɾo]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uɾo
• Syllabification: fu‧tu‧ro

Adjective

futuro (feminine futura, masculine plural futuros, feminine plural futuras)

1. future (occurring in the future)

Noun

futuro m (plural futuros)

1. future (the time ahead)

   Synonym: porvenir

   Antonym: pasado

   • 2012 July 26, “Google anuncia el internet del futuro”, in CNN en Español‎^[2], archived from the original on 31 October 2025:

     Si el usuario es aprobado en el preregistro, podrá decidir qué paquete desea, y se programará en una fecha futura su instalación, agregó la compañía, que no ofreció una fecha para el arranque del servicio.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (grammar) future, future tense

   Synonym: tiempo futuro

   Antonym: pasado

Derived terms

• contrato de futuros
• futurismo
• futurista
• futurístico
• futuro compuesto
• futuro de subjuntivo
• futuro imperfecto
• futuro perfecto
• futuro simple
• futuróloga
• futurología
• futurólogo
• hipotecar el futuro

Further reading

• “futuro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025