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Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

usar

(transitive) to use

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

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

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

to use
Synonym: utilizar

Conjugation of usar

person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
infinitive		usar
gerund		usando
past participle		m usáu, f usada, n usao, m pl usaos, f pl usaes
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
subjunctive	imperfect	usare, usara	usares, usaras	usare, usara	usáremos, usáramos	usareis, usarais	usaren, usaran
imperative		—	usa	—	—	usái	—

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [uˈza]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [uˈzaɾ]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

(transitive) to use
Synonyms: emprar, fer servir, utilitzar
(transitive) to employ

“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, 2026
“usar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

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

to use
Synonym: utilizar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / 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	usades, usais	usam
Imperfect	usava	usavas	usava	usávamos	usávades, usáveis, usávais¹	usavam
Preterite	usei	usaste, usache¹	usou	usamos	usastes	usárom, usaram
Pluperfect	usara	usaras	usara	usáramos	usárades, usáreis, usárais¹	usaram
Future	usarei	usarás	usará	usaremos	usaredes, usareis	usarám, usarão
Conditional	usaria	usarias	usaria	usaríamos	usaríades, usaríeis, usaríais¹	usariam
Subjunctive
Present	use	uses	use	usemos	usedes, useis	usem
Imperfect	usasse	usasses	usasse	usássemos	usássedes, usásseis	usassem
Future	usar	usares	usar	usarmos	usardes	usarem
Imperative
Affirmative		usa	use	usemos	usade, usai	usem
Negative (nom)		nom uses	nom use	nom usemos	nom usedes, nom useis	nom usem

usar

to use

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre

usar

to use
to employ

Old Galician-Portuguese

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Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre

IPA^(key): /uˈzaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ

usar (intransitive)

to use
to be used to
to walk, jog (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

Conjugation of usar

gerund		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
infinitive				usar
gerund		simple		usando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		usado		usados
		feminine		usada		usadas
present participle				usante		usantes
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	uso	usas	usa	usamos	usades, usaes, usais, usaas, usás	usan
	imperfect	usava	usavas	usava	usavamos, usávamos	usavades, usávades, usávaes, usávais, usávees, usáveis	usavan
	preterite	usei	usaste, usasche, usache	usou	usamos	usastes	usaron
	pluperfect	usara	usaras	usara	usaramos, usáramos	usarades, usárades, usáraes, usárais, usárees, usáreis	usaran
	future	usarei	usarás	usará	usaremos	usaredes, usarees, usareis, usarês	usarán
	conditional	usaria	usarias	usaria	usariamos, usaríamos	usariades, usaríades, usaríaes, usaríais, usaríees, usaríeis	usarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	use	uses	use	usemos	usedes, usees, useis, usês	usen
	imperfect	usasse	usasses	usasse	usassemos, usássemos	usassedes, usássedes, usássees, usásseis	usassen
	future	usar	usares	usar	usarmos	usardes	usaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer¹ + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	usa	—	usemos	usade, usae, usai	—
negative		—	non uses	—	non usemos	non usedes, non usees, non useis, non usês	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
personal infinitive		usar	usares	usar	usarmos	usardes	usaren
¹ teer and “ter were also used, although all three were less common than haver.

Galician: usar
Portuguese: usar

Universo Cantigas - "usar"

From Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

ūsar

ours (possessive for usa)

Old Saxon personal pronouns
			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive
singular	1st person		ik	mī, me, mik	mī	mīn
	2nd person		thū	thī, thik	thī	thīn
	3rd person	m	hē	ina	imu	is
		f	siu	sia	iru	ira
		n	it		it	is

dual	1st person		wit	unk		unkero, unka
dual	2nd person		git	ink		inker, inka

plural	1st person		wī, we	ūs, unsik	ūs	ūser
	2nd person		gī, ge	eu, iu, iuu		euwar, iuwer, iuwar, iuwero, iuwera
	3rd person	m	sia		im	iro
		f	sia
		n	siu

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

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈzaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /uˈza.ɾi/

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

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

(transitive or intransitive) to use; to utilise; to employ; to make use of [transitive (more common) or with de ‘something’]
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.
(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) to be used to (to have the habit of) [with infinitive]
Synonym: costumar

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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:usar.

“usar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“usar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
“usar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
“usar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“usar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“usar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

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

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

(transitive) to use
Synonym: utilizar

Usa la fuerza, Luke! ― Use the force, Luke!
(transitive) to wear
Synonym: llevar
(transitive) to consume
Synonym: consumir
(reflexive) to be used
(reflexive) to be fashionable

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
with infinitive usar	accusative	usarme	usarte	usarlo, usarla, usarse	usarnos	usaros	usarlos, usarlas, usarse

with gerund usando	dative	usándome	usándote	usándole, usándose	usándonos	usándoos	usándoles, usándose
with gerund usando	accusative	usándome	usándote	usándolo, usándola, usándose	usándonos	usándoos	usándolos, usándolas, usándose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative usa	dative	úsame	úsate	úsale	úsanos	not used	úsales
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative usa	accusative	úsame	úsate	úsalo, úsala	úsanos	not used	úsalos, úsalas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative usá	dative	usame	usate	usale	usanos	not used	usales
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative usá	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
with formal second-person singular imperative use	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
with first-person plural imperative usemos	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
with informal second-person plural imperative usad	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
with formal second-person plural imperative usen	accusative	úsenme	not used	úsenlo, úsenla	úsennos	not used	úsenlos, úsenlas, úsense

“usar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025