futuro

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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

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  • 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

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin futūrus (“about to be”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  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.

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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)

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Interlingua

Noun

futuro (plural futuros)

  1. 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)

  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

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Further reading

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

Latin

Participle

futūrō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of futūrus

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish futuro and Portuguese futuro.

Noun

futuro

  1. 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)

  1. future
    Synonym: vindouro
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Noun

futuro m (uncountable)

  1. future (the time ahead)
    Synonyms: destino, porvir, posteridade
    Antonym: passado
  2. (grammar) future tense
Quotations

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Etymology 2

Verb

futuro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of futurar

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin futūrus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuˈtuɾo/
  • 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

Further reading

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