trabajar means: to work
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In this Spanish conjugation lesson we are going to learn how to inflect the verb trabajar 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 trabajar conjugation. For an overview of Simple Tenses conjugation see our Simple Tenses Conjugation Chart.

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

How to translate Futuro to English

Notice that the phrases in English 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 inflected forms are one word long. There are also compound (compuesto) tenses in Spanish language, where each inflected form consists of two words.The verb trabajar has regular conjugation in the Futuro tense of the Indicativo mood. It means that this verb follows the general rules for its conjugation group (-ar) without any exceptions, spelling corrections and the like. 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 trabajar 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. See the image on the side showing all the six endings. Note the shapes and colors of the letters. It should help you find patterns and make it easier to remember these endings. Add the regular ending -é for the first person singular to create trabajaré:

• yo trabajaré – I will work

And one more time add the regular ending -ás for the second person singular to create trabajarás:

• tú trabajarás – you will work

Also as in the previous case add the regular ending -á for the third person singular to create trabajará:

• él trabajará – he will work
• ella trabajará – she will work
• usted trabajará – (formal) you will work

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

• nosotros trabajaremos – we will work
• nosotras trabajaremos – (feminine) we will work

And again add the regular ending -éis for the second person plural to create trabajaréis:

• vosotros trabajaréis – (plural) you will work
• vosotras trabajaréis – (feminine, plural) you will work

And as before add the regular ending -án for the third person plural to create trabajarán:

• ellos trabajarán – they will work
• ellas trabajarán – (feminine) they will work
• ustedes trabajarán – (formal, plural) you will work

Hurray! The conjugation is now done. That’s the final result:

yo	trabajaré	I will work
tú	trabajarás	you will work
él/ella/usted	trabajará	he/she/it will work
nosotros/nosotras	trabajaremos	we will work
vosotros/vosotras	trabajaréis	you will work
ellos/ellas/ustedes	trabajarán	they will work

Click to see all conjugation charts of trabajar in every tense
But do not end your session yet – it is very important to repeat and practice the material in order to remember it. Check below for some links.

Next Steps to Perfection To practice this conjugation and test yourself 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 trabajar visit our Exercise section To see conjugation charts in all tenses for trabajar visit the Conjugator To explore other learning materials visit the Study section

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