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🔮Future Tense

The future tense expresses what will happen or what someone will do, and it can also signal probability or intention. This guide covers the simple future endings, key irregulars, and useful expressions that time the action.

Formation

The future tense is formed by adding endings to the infinitive so you can easily apply them to -ar, -er, and -ir verbs without changing the stem. This makes the endings predictable for planning sentences about what will happen.

Endings

Spanish EndingEnglish MeaningSpanish EndingEnglish Meaning
yo: -éI willellos/ellas/ustedes: -ánthey/you all will
tú: -ásyou (informal) willnosotros/as: -emoswe will
él/ella/usted: -áhe/she/you (formal) willvosotros/as: -éisyou all (Spain) will
Mañana yo(viajar) a Buenos Aires.

Tomorrow I will travel to Buenos Aires.

Irregular Verbs

Some common verbs change their stem in the future tense, but they keep the same endings so you can recognize the pattern and produce them quickly. These irregulars are important for natural speech and writing about plans or predictions.

VerbSpanish StemEnglish Meaning
tenertendr-to have
venirvendr-to come
decirdir-to say / to tell
hacerhar-to do / to make
poderpodr-to be able to
ponerpondr-to put / to place
haberhabr-to have (auxiliary)
sabersabr-to know
salirsaldr-to leave / to go out
quererquerr-to want

Usage

The future tense is used to describe actions that will happen, to make guesses about the present or future, and to express intention or polite requests. Context and time expressions help determine whether the speaker is stating a plan or making a prediction.

Summary

The future tense adds endings to the infinitive so you can easily form sentences about what will happen, key irregular stems must be memorized for common verbs, and the tense is useful both for definite plans and for polite or tentative statements about time.

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Last updated: Fri Oct 24, 2025