usar
See also: Usar, USAR, and ușar
Aragonese
Etymology
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Verb
usar
- (transitive) to use
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “usar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin ūsus, Medieval Latin usāre.
Verb
usar (first-person singular indicative present uso, past participle usáu)
- 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
From Latin ūsus, Medieval Latin usāre.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /uˈza/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /uˈzaɾ/
- Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
Verb
usar (first-person singular present uso, past participle usat)
- (transitive) to use
- (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
From Latin ūsus, Medieval Latin usāre.
Verb
usar (first-person singular present uso, first-person singular preterite usei, past participle usado)
- 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
- 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
From Latin ūsus, the perfect participle of ūtor (“I use”), Medieval Latin usāre.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
usar
- to use
- 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 Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *unseraz.
Pronoun
ūsar
- 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 | 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
From Old Portuguese usar, husar, from Latin ūsus (“use, custom, skill, habit”), from the past participle stem of ūtor (“to use”), Medieval Latin usāre.
Pronunciation
- (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)
- (transitive with de or with no preposition (more common)) to use; to utilise; to employ; to make use of
- 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.
- Deves usar o martelo para arrancar os pregos. ― You must use the hammer to pull the nails off.
- Synonyms: empregar, utilizar, fazer uso de
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 436:
- (transitive) to sport (to wear, wield or have as a notable feature)
- Hipsters usam barba comprida. ― Hipsters sport long beards.
- (transitive) to use (to consume habitually)
- Alguns favelados usam craque. ― Some slum-dwellers use crack.
- (archaic or dialectal, auxiliary with a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to be used to (to have the habit of)
- Ele usava dormir de dia. ― He used to sleep during the day.
- Synonym: costumar
- inflection of usar:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- 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
From uso + -ar, from Latin ūsus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈsaɾ/ [uˈsaɾ]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: u‧sar
Verb
usar (first-person singular present uso, first-person singular preterite usé, past participle usado)
- (transitive) to use
- Usa la fuerza, Luke! ― Use the force, Luke!
- Synonym: utilizar
- (transitive) to wear
- Synonym: llevar
- (transitive) to consume
- Synonym: consumir
- (reflexive) to be used
- (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