futuro
Portuguese, noun/fuˈtu.ɾu/
futuro is spelled F-U-T-U-R-O (6 letters) and appears 158 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 618th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Futuro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “future (the time ahead)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of futurar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “intervalo de tempo que inicia após o presente e tem fim indeterminado”.
What does futuro mean in English?
adjective
- 1
future
noun
- 1
masculinefuture (the time ahead)
- 2
masculinefuture tense
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of futurar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. diz-se daquilo que está ainda por acontecer ou existir
noun: 1. intervalo de tempo que inicia após o presente e tem fim indeterminado 2. diz-se de algo que virá a ser um padrão ou costume 3. tempo verbal que localiza uma ação após outra; futuro do presente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of futuro
- futura feminine
- futuros masculine plural
- futuras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce futuro?
- Brazil /fuˈtu.ɾu/
- Portugal /fuˈtu.ɾu/
- Portugal /fu.ˈtu.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to futuro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is futuro in Portuguese?
futuro appears 158 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).