The Spanish Irregular Future Tense

The irregular future tense in Spanish indicates an action that has not been done yet; or put in other words, an action that will take place after the moment in which they are being spoken. It can also express probability or uncertainty. It is also known as the Simple Future.

Now, when using this Irregular Future with Irregular verbs, this can be a bit confusing. The irregularities in the future tense are a bit difficult to predict.

You will be happy to know that ser and estar, which are irregular in almost every other tense, are completely regular in the future. It’s the following that you have to look out for:

Subject pronoun	Irregular –ER verbs		Irregular –IR verbs
	SABER "to know"	PONER "to put"	VENIR "to come"	SALIR "to leave / go out"
yo	sabré	pondré	vendré	saldré
tú	sabrás	pondrás	vendrás	saldrás
usted / él / ella,	sabrá	pondrá	vendrá	saldrá
nosotros/as	sabremos	pondremos	vendremos	saldremos
vosotros/as	sabréis	pondréis	vendréis	saldréis
ustedes / ellos / ellas	sabrán	pondrán	vendrán	saldrán

How to pronounce the Spanish Irregular Future Tense

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Saldremos muy temprano, con toda probabilidad.

(We) will leave very early, in all likelihood.

No te preocupes. Vendré pronto.

Don't worry. (I) will come back soon.

Ahora mismo lo sabrás.

Now (you) will know.

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You will notice that the irregular –er verbs drop the –e from the infinitive ending, while the irregular –ir verbs replace the –i with an –r.

Other common verbs that follow this irregularity are:

poder: podré, podrás, podrá, podremos, podréis, podrán
querer: querré, querrás, querrá, querremos, querréis, querrán
tener: tendré, tendrás, tendrá, tendremos, tendréis, tendrán
valer: valdré, valdrás, valdrá, valdremos, valdréis, valdrán

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There are two verbs that have an even stranger stem change in the future tense. You will simply have to memorize these.

Pronoun	HACER "to make / to do"	DECIR "to say / to tell"
yo	haré	diré
tú	harás	dirás
usted / él / ella,	hará	dirá
nosotros/as	haremos	diremos
vosotros/as	haréis	diréis
ustedes / ellos / ellas	harán	dirán

Los sabrás cuando te lo diga.

(You) will know it when (I) tell you.

Tendremos que hacer algo para el cumpleaños de Manuel.

(We) will have to do something for Manuel's birthday.

Ustedes harán toda su tarea para el viernes, ¿no?

You will do all your homework by Friday, right?

¿Vendrán ustedes a nuestra fiesta?

Will you come to our party?

Me pondré ropa limpia más tarde.

(I) will put on clean clothes later.

Want to learn more about Spanish Tenses? Take a look at these lessons:

The easiest tense to conjugate in Spanish is the future tense. Learn more here.
The Spanish imperfect tense refers to a past action. Confused? Learn more here.

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Spanish Irregular Future Tense