Futuro Simple
The future tense in Spanish is used to describe actions that will happen in the future, make predictions, express probability or conjecture about the present, and talk about intentions or plans. It's also commonly used to express determination or promises. While Spanish speakers often use "ir a + infinitive" for immediate future plans in casual conversation, the simple future tense is essential for formal contexts and predictions.
Great news! The future tense is one of the easiest tenses to conjugate. Unlike other tenses, you don't remove the infinitive ending, you add the future endings directly to the complete infinitive form. All three verb types (-AR, -ER, -IR) share the same endings!
| Pronoun | All Verbs (-AR, -ER, -IR) |
|---|---|
| Yo | -é |
| Tú | -ás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | -á |
| Nosotros/Nosotras | -emos |
| Vosotros/Vosotras | -éis |
| Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes | -án |
| Pronoun | Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Yo | hablaré |
| Tú | hablarás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | hablará |
| Nosotros/Nosotras | hablaremos |
| Vosotros/Vosotras | hablaréis |
| Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes | hablarán |
| Pronoun | Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Yo | comeré |
| Tú | comerás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | comerá |
| Nosotros/Nosotras | comeremos |
| Vosotros/Vosotras | comeréis |
| Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes | comerán |
| Pronoun | Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Yo | viviré |
| Tú | vivirás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | vivirá |
| Nosotros/Nosotras | viviremos |
| Vosotros/Vosotras | viviréis |
| Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes | vivirán |
Here's a fascinating linguistic secret that will help you understand and remember the future tense: it originally comes from the verb haber (to have). That's right, the future tense endings directly correspond to the present tense conjugations of haber!
In old Spanish, people expressed the future using "haber de + infinitive," meaning "to have to." Over time, this construction evolved:
He de comer
"I have to eat" (original form)
De comer he
(word order flipped)
Comer he
(preposition dropped)
Comeré
"I will eat" (modern form)
| Haber (Present) | Future Ending | Example |
|---|---|---|
| he | -é | comeré |
| has | -ás | comerás |
| ha | -á | comerá |
| hemos | -emos | comeremos |
| habéis | -éis | comeréis |
| han | -án | comerán |
Smart Learning Tip: The future tense means "I have to eat," because if you HAVE the obligation, you WILL do it. Now you understand why! Learn the present conjugation of haber and the future tense endings together; they're the same topic in disguise. You don't have to learn them twice!
Important: There are only 12 irregular verbs in the future tense! Even better, they only change the stem, the endings remain the same (-é, -ás, -á, -emos, -éis, -án). These irregular stems fall into just two categories: stems that become shorter, or stems where a vowel is replaced with "d."
These verbs drop letters from the infinitive to create a shorter stem:
| Yo | querré |
| Tú | querrás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | querrá |
| Nosotros | querremos |
| Vosotros | querréis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | querrán |
| Yo | haré |
| Tú | harás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | hará |
| Nosotros | haremos |
| Vosotros | haréis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | harán |
| Yo | diré |
| Tú | dirás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | dirá |
| Nosotros | diremos |
| Vosotros | diréis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | dirán |
| Yo | sabré |
| Tú | sabrás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | sabrá |
| Nosotros | sabremos |
| Vosotros | sabréis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | sabrán |
| Yo | habré |
| Tú | habrás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | habrá |
| Nosotros | habremos |
| Vosotros | habréis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | habrán |
| Yo | podré |
| Tú | podrás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | podrá |
| Nosotros | podremos |
| Vosotros | podréis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | podrán |
| Yo | cabré |
| Tú | cabrás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | cabrá |
| Nosotros | cabremos |
| Vosotros | cabréis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | cabrán |
These verbs replace the vowel in the infinitive ending with the letter "d":
| Yo | tendré |
| Tú | tendrás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | tendrá |
| Nosotros | tendremos |
| Vosotros | tendréis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | tendrán |
| Yo | pondré |
| Tú | pondrás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | pondrá |
| Nosotros | pondremos |
| Vosotros | pondréis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | pondrán |
| Yo | vendré |
| Tú | vendrás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | vendrá |
| Nosotros | vendremos |
| Vosotros | vendréis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | vendrán |
| Yo | saldré |
| Tú | saldrás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | saldrá |
| Nosotros | saldremos |
| Vosotros | saldréis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | saldrán |
| Yo | valdré |
| Tú | valdrás |
| Él/Ella/Usted | valdrá |
| Nosotros | valdremos |
| Vosotros | valdréis |
| Ellos/Ustedes | valdrán |
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