succederai

Succederai is the second person singular in the future simple tense of the Italian verb succedere. The verb has two principal senses: intransitive meaning “to happen, to take place,” and transitive meaning “to succeed someone in a position, to take over someone’s role.” In everyday usage succedere mainly means “to happen,” as in che cosa succederà domani? (what will happen tomorrow?). In the sense of succeeding a person, succedere takes a preposition with a, as in succedere a qualcuno, meaning “to take over from someone.”

Etymology and related forms: succedere comes from Latin succedere, from sub- “under” and cedo “to go;” the sense evolved to “come after, follow.” Related words include successo (success, event) and successivo (subsequent). The reflexive form succedersi refers to events following one another, as in gli eventi si succedono rapidamente (the events occur in rapid succession).

Usage notes: The future form succederai corresponds to a statement about what you will do or what will occur to you in the future. In the sense of taking over a role, you can say tu succederai al direttore or succederai a qualcuno, depending on the context. The more common noun for the person who takes over is successore. In everyday speech, si succedono is used for sequential events rather than a person taking over.

Conjugation (futuro semplice): io succederò, tu succederai, lui/lei succederà, noi succederemo, voi succederete, loro succederanno.

See also: succedere, succedersi, successione.