futuro

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

futuro

1. neuter of futuru

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.

• IPA^(key): /fuˈturo/

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

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

1. (uncountable) future (the time ahead)

   Synonym: estonteco

2. (countable, grammar) future tense

• -os

From Latin futūrus (“about to be”).

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

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

1. future

futuro m (plural futuros)

1. the future
2. (grammar) future tense

• “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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, 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 Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé 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

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

• IPA^(key): /fuˈtu.ro/

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)

• pasinto

• futurala

futuro (plural futuros)

1. future (time posterior to the present)

• passato

From Latin futūrus (future participle of esse).

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

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

1. future

   Synonym: venturo

   Antonym: passato

2. soon-to-be

   Synonym: presto

futuro m (plural futuri)

1. the future

   Synonym: avvenire

2. (grammar) the future tense

   Hyponyms: futuro semplice, futuro anteriore

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

From futūra +‎ -ō.

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

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

1. to postpone, throw into the future

• futūrātiō

futūrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of futūrus

• "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

From Spanish futuro and Portuguese futuro.

futuro

1. future

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

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

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

1. future

   Synonym: vindouro

• futuramente

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.

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2. (grammar) future tense

• (future tense): pretérito, presente

• sem futuro

futuro

1. first-person singular present indicative of futurar

• “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

Borrowed from Latin futūrus.

• IPA^(key): /fuˈtuɾo/ [fuˈt̪u.ɾo]

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

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

1. future (occurring in the future)

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]:

     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.

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2. (grammar) future, future tense

   Synonym: tiempo futuro

   Antonym: pasado

• “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