futuro

futuro

See also: futùro

Esperanto

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fuˈturo]
• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uro
• Hyphenation: 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

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin futūrus (“about to be”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fuˈtuɾʊ]

Adjective

futuro m (feminine singular future, masculine plural futuros, feminine plural futures)

1. future

Noun

futuro m (plural futuros)

1. the future
2. (grammar) future tense

References

• “futuro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “futuro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “futuro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “futuro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

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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, vol. 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 ».

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

Antonyms

• pasinto

Derived terms

• futurala

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Interlingua

Noun

futuro (plural futuros)

1. future (time posterior to the present)

Antonyms

• passato

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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)

1. future

   Synonym: venturo

   Antonym: passato

2. soon-to-be

   Synonym: presto

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 Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Participle

futūrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of futūrus

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish futuro and Portuguese futuro.

Noun

futuro

1. future

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈtu.ɾu/

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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

2. (grammar) future tense

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:futuro.

Coordinate terms

• (future tense): pretérito, presente

Derived terms

• sem futuro

Verb

futuro

1. first-person singular present indicative of futurar

Further reading

• “futuro” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Etymology

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

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
• futuróloga
• futurología
• futurólogo
• futuro simple

 

Further reading

• “futuro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014