usar

See also: Usar, USAR, and ușar

Aragonese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

Verb

usar

1. (transitive) to use

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “usar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Asturian

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

Verb

usar (first-person singular indicative present uso, past participle usáu)

1. to use

   Synonym: utilizar

Conjugation

Conjugation of usar

infinitive		usar
gerund		usando
past participle		m usáu, f usada, n usao, m pl usaos, f pl usaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	uso	uses	usa	usamos	usáis	usen
	imperfect	usaba	usabes	usaba	usábemos, usábamos	usabeis, usabais	usaben
	preterite	usé	usasti, usesti	usó	usemos	usastis, usestis	usaron
	pluperfect	usare, usara	usares, usaras	usare, usara	usáremos, usáramos	usareis, usarais	usaren, usaran
	future	usaré	usarás	usará	usaremos	usaréis	usarán
	conditional	usaría	usaríes	usaría	usaríemos, usaríamos	usaríeis, usaríais	usaríen
subjunctive	present	use	uses, usas	use	usemos	uséis	usen, usan
	imperfect	usare, usara	usares, usaras	usare, usara	usáremos, usáramos	usareis, usarais	usaren, usaran
imperative		—	usa	—	—	usái	—

Related terms

• usu

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /uˈza/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /uˈzaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

usar (first-person singular present uso, past participle usat)

1. (transitive) to use
2. (transitive) to employ

Conjugation

Conjugation of usar (first conjugation)

infinitive			usar
present participle			usant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		usat		usada
		plural		usats		usades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	uso	uses	usa	usem	useu	usen
	imperfect	usava	usaves	usava	usàvem	usàveu	usaven
	future	usaré	usaràs	usarà	usarem	usareu	usaran
	preterite	usí	usares	usà	usàrem	usàreu	usaren
	conditional	usaria	usaries	usaria	usaríem	usaríeu	usarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	usi	usis	usi	usem	useu	usin
	imperfect	usés	usessis	usés	uséssim	uséssiu	usessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	usa	usi	usem	useu	usin

Synonyms

• emprar
• utilitzar
• fer servir

Further reading

• “usar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “usar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “usar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “usar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese usar, from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

Verb

usar (first-person singular present uso, first-person singular preterite usei, past participle usado)

1. to use

   Synonym: utilizar

Conjugation

Conjugation of usar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	usar
personal	usar	usares	usar	usarmos	usardes	usaren
Gerund
	usando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	usado			usados
feminine	usada			usadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	uso	usas	usa	usamos	usades	usan
imperfect	usaba	usabas	usaba	usabamos	usabades	usaban
preterite	usei	usaches	usou	usamos	usastes	usaron
pluperfect	usara	usaras	usara	usaramos	usarades	usaran
future	usarei	usarás	usará	usaremos	usaredes	usarán
conditional	usaría	usarías	usaría	usariamos	usariades	usarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	use	uses	use	usemos	usedes	usen
preterite	usase	usases	usase	usásemos	usásedes	usasen
future	usar	usares	usar	usarmos	usardes	usaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	usa	use	usemos	usade	usen
negative	–	uses	use	usemos	usedes	usen

Related terms

• uso

Interlingua

Verb

usar

1. to use

Conjugation

    Conjugation of usar

infinitive		usar
participle		present	perfect
		usante	usate
active		simple	perfect
	present	usa	ha usate
	past	usava	habeva usate
	future	usara	habera usate
	conditional	usarea	haberea usate
	imperative	usa
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es usate	ha essite usate
	past	esseva usate	habeva essite usate
	future	essera usate	habera essite usate
	conditional	esserea usate	haberea essite usate
	imperative	sia usate

Occitan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Verb

usar

1. to use
2. to employ

Inflection

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		usar			aver usat
gerund		usant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		usat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	usi	usas	usa	usam	usatz	usan
	imperfect	usavi	usavas	usava	usàvem	usàvetz	usavan
	preterite	usèri	usères	usèt	usèrem	usèretz	usèron
	future	usarai	usaràs	usarà	usarem	usaretz	usaràn
	conditional	usariái	usariás	usariá	usariam	usariatz	usarián
	conditional 2nd form1	usèra	usèras	usèra	useram	useratz	usèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	use	uses	use	usem	usetz	usen
	imperfect	usèssi	usèsses	usèsse	usèssem	usèssetz	usèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			usa		usem	usatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		usar			aver usat
gerund		usant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		usat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	use	uses	usa	usam	usatz	uson
	imperfect	usave	usaves	usava	usaviam	usaviatz	usavon
	preterite	usere	useres	uset	usem	usetz	useron
	future	usarai	usaràs	usará	usarem	usaretz	usarán
	conditional	usariá	usariás	usariá	usariam	usariatz	usarián
	conditional 2nd form1	usèra	usèras	usèra	useram	useratz	usèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	use	uses	use	usassiam	usassiatz	uson
	imperfect	usesse	usesses	usesse	usessiam	usessiatz	usesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			usa		usassiam	usatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		usar			aver usat
gerund		usant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		usat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	usi	usas	usa	usam	usatz	usan
	imperfect	usavi	usavas	usava	usàvam	usàvatz	usavan
	preterite	usèi	usès	usè	usèm	usètz	usèn
	future	usarèi	usaràs	usarà	usaram	usaratz	usaràn
	conditional	usarí	usarés	usaré	usarem	usaretz	usarén
	conditional 2nd form1	usèra	usèras	usèra	useram	useratz	usèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	usi	uses	use	usem	usetz	usen
	imperfect	usèssi	usèsses	usèsse	usèssem	usèssetz	usèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			usa		usem	usatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		usar			aver usat
gerund		usant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		usat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	use	usas	usa	usam	usatz	usan
	imperfect	usava	usavas	usava	usàvam	usàvatz	usavan
	preterite	usei	useras	uset	usèram	usèratz	useran
	future	usarai	usaràs	usará	usarem	usaretz	usarán
	conditional	usariá	usariàs	usariá	usariam	usariatz	usarián
	conditional 2nd form1	usèra	usèras	usèra	useram	useratz	usèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	use	uses	use	usem	usetz	usen
	imperfect	usèsse	usèsses	usèsse	usèssem	usèssetz	usèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			usa		usem	usatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		usar			aver usat
gerund		usant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		usat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	use	uses	usa	usam	usatz	usan
	imperfect	usavi	usavas	usava	usàvem	usàvetz	usavan
	preterite	usère	usères	usèt	useriam	useriatz	usèron
	future	usarai	usaràs	usarà	usarem	usaretz	usaràn
	conditional	usariáu	usariás	usariá	usariam	usariatz	usarián
	conditional 2nd form1	usèra	usèras	usèra	useram	useratz	usèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	use	uses	use	usem	usetz	usan
	imperfect	usèsse	usèsses	usèsse	usessiam	usessiatz	usèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			usa		usem	usatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈzaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

usar

1. to use; to utilise; to employ;

Conjugation

    Conjugation of usar (regular)

infinitive			usar
gerund			usando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		usado		usados
		feminine		usada		usadas
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
	present	uso	usas	usa	usamos	usades	usan
	imperfect	usava	usavas	usava	usávamos	usávades	usavan
	preterite	usei	usaste usasti	usou	usamos	usastes	usaron
	pluperfect	usara	usaras	usara	usaramos	usarades	usaran
	future	usarei	usarás	usará	usaremos	usaredes	usarán
	conditional	usaria	usarias	usaria	usariamos	usariades	usarian
subjunctive		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
	present	use	uses	use	usemos	usedes	usen
	preterite	usasse	usasses	usasse	usássemos	usássedes	usassen
	future	usar	usares	usar	usarmos	usardes	usaren
imperative		—	tu	vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	—
	affirmative	—	usa!	use!	usemos!	usade!	—
	negative	—	uses!	use!	usemos!	usedes!	—
personal infinitive		eu	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nós nós outros nós outras	vós vós outros vós outras	eles elas
		usar	usares	usar	usarmos	usardes	usaren

Descendants

• Galician: usar
• Portuguese: usar

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "usar"

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Pronoun

ūsar

1. ours (possessive for usa)

Declension

Old Saxon personal pronouns

Personal pronouns
Singular	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	ik	thū	hē	siu	it
Accusative	mī, me, mik	thī, thik	ina	sia
Dative	mī	thī	imu	iru	it
Genitive	mīn	thīn	is	ira	is
Dual	1.	2.	-	-	-
Nominative	wit	git	-	-	-
Accusative	unk	ink	-	-	-
Dative
Genitive	unkero, unka	inker, inka	-	-	-
Plural	1.	2.	3. m	3. f	3. n
Nominative	wī, we	gī, ge	sia	sia	siu
Accusative	ūs, unsik	eu, iu, iuu
Dative	ūs		im
Genitive	ūser	euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera	iro

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese usar, from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈza(ʁ)/ [uˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈza(ʁ)/ [uˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /uˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /uˈza(ʁ)/ [uˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈza(ɻ)/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈzaɾ/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈza(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈza(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: u‧sar

Verb

usar (first-person singular present uso, first-person singular preterite usei, past participle usado)

2. (transitive with de or with no preposition (more common)) to use; to utilise; to employ; to make use of

   Synonyms: empregar, utilizar, fazer uso de

   Deves usar o martelo para arrancar os pregos. ― You must use the hammer to pull the nails off.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 436:

     Você pode usar sua varinha para tentar me desarmar, ou para se defender de qualquer outra maneira que consiga pensar.

     You may use your wand to try to disarm me, or to defend yourself in any other way that you can think of.

4. (transitive) to sport (to wear, wield or have as a notable feature)

   Hipsters usam barba comprida. ― Hipsters sport long beards.

6. (transitive) to use (to consume habitually)

   Alguns favelados usam craque. ― Some slum-dwellers use crack.

8. (archaic or dialectal, auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to be used to (to have the habit of)

   Synonym: costumar

   Ele usava dormir de dia. ― He used to sleep during the day.

9. inflection of usar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of usar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	usar
Personal	usar	usares	usar	usarmos	usardes	usarem
Gerund
	usando
Past participle
Masculine	usado			usados
Feminine	usada			usadas
Indicative
Present	uso	usas	usa	usamos	usais	usam
Imperfect	usava	usavas	usava	usávamos	usáveis	usavam
Preterite	usei	usaste	usou	usamos1, usámos2	usastes	usaram
Pluperfect	usara	usaras	usara	usáramos	usáreis	usaram
Future	usarei	usarás	usará	usaremos	usareis	usarão
Conditional
	usaria	usarias	usaria	usaríamos	usaríeis	usariam
Subjunctive
Present	use	uses	use	usemos	useis	usem
Imperfect	usasse	usasses	usasse	usássemos	usásseis	usassem
Future	usar	usares	usar	usarmos	usardes	usarem
Imperative
Affirmative		usa	use	usemos	usai	usem
Negative (não)		não uses	não use	não usemos	não useis	não usem

¹Brazil.
²Portugal.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:usar.

Further reading

• “usar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “usar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “usar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “usar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “usar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “usar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈsaɾ/ [uˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: u‧sar

Verb

usar (first-person singular present uso, first-person singular preterite usé, past participle usado)

1. (transitive) to use

   Synonym: utilizar

   Usa la fuerza, Luke! ― Use the force, Luke!

2. (transitive) to wear

   Synonym: llevar

3. (transitive) to consume

   Synonym: consumir

4. (reflexive) to be used
5. (reflexive) to be fashionable

Conjugation

    Conjugation of usar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			usar
gerund			usando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		usado		usada
		plural		usados		usadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	uso	usastú usásvos	usa	usamos	usáis	usan
	imperfect	usaba	usabas	usaba	usábamos	usabais	usaban
	preterite	usé	usaste	usó	usamos	usasteis	usaron
	future	usaré	usarás	usará	usaremos	usaréis	usarán
	conditional	usaría	usarías	usaría	usaríamos	usaríais	usarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	use	usestú usésvos2	use	usemos	uséis	usen
	imperfect (ra)	usara	usaras	usara	usáramos	usarais	usaran
	imperfect (se)	usase	usases	usase	usásemos	usaseis	usasen
	future1	usare	usares	usare	usáremos	usareis	usaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		usatú usávos	use	usemos	usad	usen
	negative		no uses	no use	no usemos	no uséis	no usen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of usar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive usar
	dative	usarme	usarte	usarle, usarse	usarnos	usaros	usarles, usarse
	accusative	usarme	usarte	usarlo, usarla, usarse	usarnos	usaros	usarlos, usarlas, usarse
with gerund usando
	dative	usándome	usándote	usándole, usándose	usándonos	usándoos	usándoles, usándose
	accusative	usándome	usándote	usándolo, usándola, usándose	usándonos	usándoos	usándolos, usándolas, usándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative usa
	dative	úsame	úsate	úsale	úsanos	not used	úsales
	accusative	úsame	úsate	úsalo, úsala	úsanos	not used	úsalos, úsalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative usá
	dative	usame	usate	usale	usanos	not used	usales
	accusative	usame	usate	usalo, usala	usanos	not used	usalos, usalas
with formal second-person singular imperative use
	dative	úseme	not used	úsele, úsese	úsenos	not used	úseles
	accusative	úseme	not used	úselo, úsela, úsese	úsenos	not used	úselos, úselas
with first-person plural imperative usemos
	dative	not used	usémoste	usémosle	usémonos	usémoos	usémosles
	accusative	not used	usémoste	usémoslo, usémosla	usémonos	usémoos	usémoslos, usémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative usad
	dative	usadme	not used	usadle	usadnos	usaos	usadles
	accusative	usadme	not used	usadlo, usadla	usadnos	usaos	usadlos, usadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative usen
	dative	úsenme	not used	úsenle	úsennos	not used	úsenles, úsense
	accusative	úsenme	not used	úsenlo, úsenla	úsennos	not used	úsenlos, úsenlas, úsense

Derived terms

• usarse

 

Further reading

• “usar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014