This chart summarizes the different ways you can express the future in Brazilian Portuguese.
| Future Tense Structure | Uses |
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| Used in formal situations to: discuss certain or probable future situations express uncertainty about future facts express politeness make requests or give orders give the probable future results if a condition is met
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Future with ir ir (meaning to go) infinitive simple present | Used in informal written and spoken language to: discuss certain or probable future situations express uncertainty about future facts make requests or give orders give the probable future results if a condition is met
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| | to describe events and situations that are scheduled or in the near future (with a time marker!) |
| to talk about someone’s intention to do something |
| to describe the need or obligation to do something in the future |
estar pensando em + infinitive | to talk about plans or intentions in the future |
estar para + infinitive estar a ponto de + infinitive estar prestes a + infinitive | to refer to something that is about to happen |
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