# 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: [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

* futurismo
* futurologio
* futurologo

#### See also

* -os

## Galician
### Etymology

From Latin futūrus (“about to be”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fuˈtuɾo/ [fuˈt̪u.ɾʊ]
* Rhymes: -uɾo
* Hyphenation: fu‧tu‧ro

### Adjective

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

### 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: /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

* pasinto

#### Derived terms

* futurala

## Interlingua
### Noun

futuro (plural futuros)
* future (time posterior to the present)

#### Antonyms

* passato

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin futūrus (future participle of esse).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fuˈtu.ro/
* Rhymes: -uro
* Hyphenation: fu‧tù‧ro

### Adjective

futuro (feminine futura, masculine plural futuri, feminine plural future)
* future
    Synonym: venturo
    Antonym: passato
* 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

* 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

## Latin
### Participle

futūrō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of futūrus

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Spanish futuro and Portuguese futuro.

### Noun

futuro
* future

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
* future
    Synonym: vindouro

##### Derived terms

* futuramente

##### 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

* (future tense): pretérito, presente

##### 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

Borrowed from Latin futūrus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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)
    Synonym: porvenir
    Antonym: pasado
* (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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10