Estar (to be) · Future
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Estar in the Spanish future (futuro simple) is: yo estaré, tú estarás, él/ella/usted estará, nosotros/as estaremos, vosotros/as estaréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes estarán. The future of estar describes how or where someone or something will be at a later moment. The future stem is the regular full infinitive 'estar-' plus the standard future endings.
| To Be | Estar |
|---|---|
| I will be | yo estaré |
| you will be | tú estarás |
| he/she will be | él/ella/usted estará |
| we will be | nosotros/as estaremos |
| you will be | vosotros/as estaréis |
| they will be | ellos/ellas/ustedes estarán |
Estar (to be) in context
Sentences that use estar in the future. Tap each to hear it.
Tomorrow I will be in Madrid.
You will be very busy on Monday.
It will be raining at that time.
We will be at the party all night.
You will be tired after the trip.
My parents will be waiting for us at the airport.
Working with the future
The simple future ("haré", "tendré") competes with the more conversational "voy a + infinitive" construction in everyday Spanish — the going-to form is more common for near-term plans. The simple future shines in two cases: formal or more distant predictions, and conjecture about the present ("¿qué hora será?" = "what time could it be?"). About 12 high-frequency verbs use contracted future stems (har-, dir-, tendr-, pondr-, vendr-, saldr-, podr-, querr-, sabr-, habr-, valdr-, cabr-); the rest just append future endings to the full infinitive.
Frequently asked questions
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