The future tense in Spanish has a continuous (progressive) form to express an action which is continuing or ongoing in the future.
How to form El Futuro Progresivo in Spanish
The progressive tense of the El Futuro Simple is formed following this pattern for most regular verbs:
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Estar in El Futuro Simple + |
-ando (-AR verbs) |
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-iendo (-ER and -IR verbs) |
It works the same way as the English future progressive "will be doing". But remember you must use estar and not ser.
Look at and listen to these examples:
Laura estará viendo a su novio a escondidas esta semana.Laura will be seeing her boyfriend secretly this week.
En la reunión estaremos hablando sobre clientes importantes.At the meeting we will be talking about some important clients.
Probablemente estaréis chateando por skype una hora.You will probably be chatting via Skype for an hour. [you=vosotros]
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ESTAR |
Verbs ending in -AR |
Verbs ending in -ER, -IR |
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estaré |
llamando |
aprendiendo |
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estarás |
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estará |
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estaremos |
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estaréis |
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estarán |
For irregular present participles/gerunds see:
- List of Spanish irregular gerunds/present participles of the form -iendo
- List of Spanish irregular gerunds/present participles of the form -yendo
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