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Ir (to go) · Future

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Ir in the Spanish future (futuro simple) is: yo iré, tú irás, él/ella/usted irá, nosotros/as iremos, vosotros/as iréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes irán. The future of ir describes where someone will go at a later moment. Unlike many high-frequency verbs, ir uses a regular future stem (ir- + future endings) — the infinitive is too short to contract.

ir conjugation in the Future (Futuro simple)
To GoIr
I will go
yo iré
you will go
tú irás
he/she will go
él/ella/usted irá
we will go
nosotros/as iremos
you will go
vosotros/as iréis
they will go
ellos/ellas/ustedes irán
Examples

Ir (to go) in context

Sentences that use ir in the future. Tap each to hear it.

Mañana iré al banco.

Tomorrow I will go to the bank.

¿Irás a la boda en junio?

Will you go to the wedding in June?

Mi hermano irá a estudiar al extranjero.

My brother will go study abroad.

Iremos juntos al concierto.

We will go to the concert together.

Iréis muy lejos en la vida.

You will go very far in life.

Los turistas irán al museo por la mañana.

The tourists will go to the museum in the morning.

Tip

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.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

How do you conjugate ir in the future?
The future of ir is regular: yo iré, tú irás, él/ella/usted irá, nosotros/as iremos, vosotros/as iréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes irán. Despite ir being one of the most irregular Spanish verbs overall, its future stem is the full infinitive 'ir-' — the same predictable pattern as comer (comeré) or hablar (hablaré).
When should I use 'iré' instead of 'voy a ir'?
Both are correct. 'Iré' (simple future) feels slightly more formal, more committed, or further in time. 'Voy a ir' (going-to future) is more conversational. The simple future also expresses conjecture or probability: '¿Quién será?' = 'Who could it be?' — a use the going-to future cannot fill.
Why does ir have a regular future when it's irregular in every other tense?
About 12 high-frequency Spanish verbs developed contracted future stems (haré, diré, tendré, pondré, etc.) for phonetic economy — but only when the full infinitive would have been awkward to repeat. Ir wasn't one of them: the infinitive 'ir' is already so short (two letters) that no contraction would have eased pronunciation. The future stayed regular almost by accident — there was nothing to shorten.
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