The Future Tense of Asustar is used to express actions that will frighten or scare someone in the future. For example, Los fantasmas te asustarán en la casa abandonada. (The ghosts will scare you in the abandoned house.)

Asustar is a regular -ar verb, so its Future Tense conjugations follow the typical pattern for this verb type.

Conjugations

Conjugations of Asustar (to scare) in the Future Tense tense (Castilian Spanish):

Asustar generally means to frighten or scare, but has several different meanings in the Future Tense, some of which might surprise you.

To frighten or scare: For example, Yo los asustaré con mi disfraz de monstruo. (I will frighten them with my monster costume.)

To intimidate or threaten: For example, El jefe nos asustará si no cumplimos con el plazo. (The boss will intimidate us if we don’t meet the deadline.)

To shock or startle (colloquial): For example, ¡La asustarás con esa noticia! (You will shock her with that news!)

To worry or concern (colloquial): For example, Me asustará si no llega a tiempo. (I will worry if she doesn’t arrive on time.)

To scare off or deter (idiomatic): For example, Los precios tan altos los asustarán de comprar. (The high prices will deter them from buying.)

Examples

Examples of Asustar in the Future Tense

Si no te preparas bien, el examen te asustará. (If you don’t prepare well, the exam will scare you.)

No asustaremos a los niños con cuentos de terror. (We won’t scare the kids with horror stories.)

El equipo contrario asustará a nuestros jugadores con su agresividad. (The opposing team will intimidate our players with their aggressiveness.)

Los efectos especiales de la nueva película asustarán a la gente. (The special effects of the new movie will scare people.)

Si sigues haciendo ruidos raros, asustarás al bebé. (If you keep making weird noises, you’ll scare the baby.)

Esa casa abandonada asustará a cualquiera que entre. (That abandoned house will scare anyone who enters.)

Cuando vean los resultados de sus exámenes, los estudiantes se asustarán. (When they see the results of their exams, the students will be scared.)

El ruido de la tormenta probablemente asustará a los perros. (The noise from the storm will probably scare the dogs.)

Si gritas de esa manera, asustarás a tu abuela. (If you yell like that, you’ll scare your grandma.)

Los payasos asustarán a los niños en la fiesta. (The clowns will scare the kids at the party.)

Esa película de terror nos asustará a todos. (That horror movie will scare all of us.)

Si ven una cucaracha, las chicas se asustarán. (If they see a cockroach, the girls will get scared.)

Esa calavera asustará a cualquiera que la vea. (That skull will scare anyone who sees it.)

Los fantasmas de la casa embrujada asustarán a los turistas. (The ghosts of the haunted house will scare the tourists.)

Conjugations with English Translations

Conjugations of Asustar (to scare) in the Future Tense tense (Castilian Spanish) with English Translations:

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Synonyms

The Future tense is also known as the Simple Future, Future Simple, Future Tense, Future Indicative, or Will Future in English, and as Futuro Simple, Futuro Imperfecto, Tiempo Futuro, Futuro de Indicativo, or Indicativo Futuro in Spanish.