gastar means: to spend, to use up, to wear out
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In this conjugation lesson we are going to learn how to conjugate the verb gastar in the Futuro tense of the Indicativo mood. It means we will see step by step how to create and translate forms of each grammatical person.

This lesson is specifically about the gastar verb conjugation. For an overview of all the Simple Tenses conjugation see our Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

You may also see the Video Presentation on how to conjugate verbs in Futuro. It’s embedded below, but using the above link you can see additional information on conjugation in this tense as well as explanation of special cases and exceptions.

How to translate Futuro to English

Notice that the English phrases provided below next to each conjugation are not direct translations from Spanish to English. They are usually the closest general equivalents. The example differences are:

• In Spanish conjugation, there is the form usted in the third person singular. But this person does not translate to the English third person singular. It translates to the so called formal you and uses the inflected form which is most often represented as he/she/it in English conjugation charts.
• Similar situation happens in the third person plural, where ustedes translates to the English plural formal you but uses the form which corresponds to the they form in English.
• Tenses are used differently in Spanish and English, so the actual translation should always take into account the context and focus on translating the meaning, not just words.
• In both languages each verb may have multiple meanings and not every meaning translates directly to the other language. Here also, the context and focusing on the particular meaning helps to create the most accurate translation.

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Step by step instructions

Futuro belongs to the simple tenses group, which means that all of its conjugated forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in the Spanish language, where each conjugated verb form consists of two words.The verb gastar has a completely regular conjugation in the Futuro tense of the Indicativo mood. It means this verb simply follows the general rules for its conjugation group (-ar) without spelling corrections or exceptions. The basis for this conjugation is the infinitive of this verb, so it’s really simple to create, and only a few exceptions exist.Use the infinitive gastar in each person. Next, add to the infinitive the endings specific to each person. In this tense we use the exact same endings in each of the three conjugation groups -ar, -er, -ir. Check out the image showing all the endings. Note both the colors and shapes of the letters. They are arranged to help you find patterns and make it easier to remember these endings. Add the regular ending -é for the first person singular to create gastaré:

• yo gastaré – I will spend

And as before add the regular ending -ás for the second person singular to create gastarás:

• tú gastarás – you will spend

As before add the regular ending -á for the third person singular to create gastará:

• él gastará – he will spend
• ella gastará – she will spend
• usted gastará – (formal) you will spend

And add the regular ending -emos for the first person plural to create gastaremos:

• nosotros gastaremos – we will spend
• nosotras gastaremos – (feminine) we will spend

Also as in the previous case add the regular ending -éis for the second person plural to create gastaréis:

• vosotros gastaréis – (plural) you will spend
• vosotras gastaréis – (feminine, plural) you will spend

And similarly add the regular ending -án for the third person plural to create gastarán:

• ellos gastarán – they will spend
• ellas gastarán – (feminine) they will spend
• ustedes gastarán – (formal, plural) you will spend

¡Ya está! The conjugation is now finished. Put together, the conjugation chart looks like this:

yo	gastaré	I will spend
tú	gastarás	you will spend
él/ella/usted	gastará	he/she/it will spend
nosotros/nosotras	gastaremos	we will spend
vosotros/vosotras	gastaréis	you will spend
ellos/ellas/ustedes	gastarán	they will spend

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But do not end your session yet – it’s important to repeat and practice the material in order to remember it. Check below for next steps.

Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test your knowledge check this Conjugation Exercise or the Memory Game To see other conjugation lessons for this verb choose another tense: PresentePretéritoImperfectoCondicionalPretérito Perfecto CompuestoPretérito PluscuamperfectoFuturo PerfectoCondicional PerfectoPretérito Perfecto Compuesto (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto A (subjuntivo)Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto B (subjuntivo)Futuro Perfecto (subjuntivo)  For exercises and examples related to gastar visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for gastar visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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