How to Use and Conjugate the Spanish Future Tense (Futuro Simple)

Want to say what you’ll do tomorrow? Next summer? In five years? Then you’ll need the Spanish future tense, also known as the futuro simple.

The good news? It’s one of the easiest tenses to learn in Spanish. No need to remove endings. No weird conjugation groups. Just take the full infinitive and add the right ending. Seriously.

Let’s take a look!

When do we use Spanish Future Tense (Futuro Simple)?

We use the futuro simple to talk about what will happen in the future. Think of it like the English “I will do / she will go / they will eat.”

Spanish future tense examples:

Mañana estudiaré español. (Tomorrow I will study Spanish)
Irás a la playa este verano. (You will go to the beach this summer)
Mis amigos llegarán tarde. (My friends will arrive late)

💡 Tip: In everyday spoken Spanish, people often use “ir + a + infinitive” (e.g., voy a estudiar), but the futuro simple is still widely used, especially in writing and formal contexts.

How to conjugate the Futuro Simple in Spanish

Learning to conjugate regular verbs in the Spanish future tense is super easy.

✅ Step 1: Take the full infinitive of the verb.
✅ Step 2: Add the appropriate ending.

Yes, really. That’s it!

Future tense endings in Spanish:

Subject Pronoun	Ending
yo	-é
tú	-ás
él / ella / usted	-á
nosotros / nosotras	-emos
vosotros / vosotras	-éis
ellos / ellas / ustedes	-án

These endings are the same for all regular -AR, -ER, and -IR verbs.

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Regular Verbs in the Spanish Future Tense

Here’s how it looks with common verbs:

Hablar (to speak):
yo hablaré, tú hablarás, él/ella hablará, nosotros hablaremos, vosotros hablaréis, ellos hablarán

Comer (to eat):
yo comeré, tú comerás, él/ella comerá, etc.

Vivir (to live):
yo viviré, tú vivirás, él/ella vivirá, etc.

Irregular Verbs in the Spanish Future Tense

Some verbs don’t use the full infinitive as a base — they have irregular future stems, but the endings stay the same.

Common irregular verbs in the futuro simple:

tener → tendr– (e.g. Tendré tiempo ⏰)

salir → saldr– (e.g. Saldrás a las 8 🕗)

venir → vendr– (e.g. Vendrán pronto 🚪)

decir → dir– (e.g. Te diré la verdad 💬)

hacer → har– (e.g. Hará calor mañana ☀️)

poder → podr– (e.g. Podremos ir 🎉)

querer → querr– (e.g. Querrás saberlo ❓)

💡 Pro tip: These irregulars are super common, so they’re worth memorizing!

Final Tips for Using the Spanish Futuro Simple

Complete the sentences using the correct Spanish future tense conjugation:

Mañana yo ___________ (viajar) a Madrid.
¿Tú ___________ (estudiar) esta noche?
Mis amigos ___________ (venir) más tarde.

👉 Check the correct answers here

Quick Spanish Future Tense Practice

The Spanish future tense (futuro simple) is ideal for expressing plans, predictions, and promises. Once you learn the endings and memorize a few irregulars, you’re ready to go!

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✅ Answers to the Practice Section

viajaré
estudiarás
vendrán

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In March 2020, the pandemic situation encouraged us to start teaching online. All our students were happy with this change so we will keep teaching online for a while 🙂

The school was founded and is run by enthusiastic teachers. Our team was teaching Spanish around the world for a few years and when we came back to Spain, we decided to start our own school.

It is a small local business. We work with small groups because we like to get to know all our students and design personalized lessons.

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