future

futuro

Tiempo que viene después del presente, con acontecimientos que todavía no han ocurrido.

En inglés sencillo: The time after now, when things have not happened yet.

• Nobody knows the future.
• Will people live longer in the future?
• She worried about what the future would bring.

Cómo se usa: in the future (We will need more space in the future.)

Sinónimos: time ahead

Antónimos: past

Expresiones frecuentes: in the future, near future, distant future

porvenir, futuro

Posibilidades de que alguien o algo tenga éxito o se desarrolle en los próximos años.

En inglés sencillo: The chance that someone or something will succeed or develop in the years ahead.

• You have a bright future.
• Does this small company have a future?
• Her coach believed she had a great future in tennis.

Cómo se usa: a future in something (He has a future in music.); a future ahead of someone (You have a promising future ahead of you.)

Sinónimos: prospects

Expresiones frecuentes: bright future, future in something, future ahead

futuro

Forma verbal que se usa para hablar de lo que ocurrirá después del presente.

En inglés sencillo: A verb form used to talk about things that will happen after now.

• Use the future to describe tomorrow’s plans.
• This verb is in the future.
• We learned the simple future before studying more difficult tenses.

Sinónimos: future tense

Expresiones frecuentes: simple future, future perfect, in the future

futuro, venidero

Que ocurrirá o existirá después del momento presente.

En inglés sencillo: Happening or existing after now.

• We talked about our future plans.
• She met her future husband at university.
• Future generations will need clean water too.

Sinónimos: coming, upcoming

Antónimos: past

Expresiones frecuentes: future generations, future plans, future husband