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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
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/
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
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
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
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
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
Noun
futuro m (uncountable )
future (the time ahead)
Synonyms: destino , porvir , posteridade
Antonym: passado
( grammar ) future tense
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:futuro .
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
futuro
first-person singular present indicative of futurar
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin futūrus .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /fuˈtuɾo/
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
Further reading