porvenir

/poɾβeˈniɾ/

el noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los porvenires

Meaning

  1. future

    • Piensa en su porvenir.

      He thinks of his future.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

futuro

porvenir is more literary or poetic, "what is to come"; futuro is the everyday word for "future."

Similar in other languages

German

zukünftig

zukünftig is the German word for the same thing — both mean "future."

German

Zukunft

Zukunft is the German word for the same thing — both mean "future."

Portuguese

futuro

futuro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "future."

Practice

1 What does porvenir mean?

2 Fill the gap: Piensa en su ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches porvenir?

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