futuro
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)
- (uncountable) future (the time ahead)
- Synonym: estonteco
- (countable, grammar) future tense
Derived terms
See also
Galician
Etymology
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)
Noun
futuro m (plural futuros)
- the future
- (grammar) future tense
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “futuro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “futuro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish futuro, Italian futuro, English future, French futur and German Futur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuˈtu.ro/
Noun
futuro (plural futuri)
- 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)
- (grammar) future tense (tense used for future events)
Antonyms
Derived terms
Interlingua
Noun
futuro (plural futuros)
- future (time posterior to the present)
Antonyms
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)
- future
- soon-to-be
- Synonym: presto
Noun
futuro m (plural futuri)
- the future
- Synonym: avvenire
- (grammar) the future tense
- Hyponyms: futuro semplice, futuro anteriore
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- futuro in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Participle
futūrō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of futūrus
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish futuro and Portuguese futuro.
Noun
futuro
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)
Derived terms
Related terms
- futuração
- futurar
- futurismo
- futurista
- futurologia
- futurólogo
- futuroso
Noun
futuro m (uncountable)
- 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)
- (grammar) future tense
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- sem futuro
Etymology 2
Verb
futuro
- first-person singular present indicative of futurar
Further reading
- “futuro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
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)
- future (occurring in the future)
Noun
futuro m (plural futuros)
- future (the time ahead)
- (grammar) future, future tense
- Synonym: tiempo futuro
- Antonym: pasado
Derived terms
Further reading
- “futuro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024