usar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Aragonese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.
=== Verb ===
usar
(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)
to use
Synonym: utilizar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
usu
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [uˈza]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [uˈzaɾ]
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
=== Verb ===
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
==== Conjugation ====
=== 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, 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
== 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)
to use
Synonym: utilizar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
uso
== Interlingua ==
=== Verb ===
usar
to use
==== Conjugation ====
== Occitan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
usar
to use
to employ
==== Inflection ====
== Old Galician-Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /uˈzaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
=== Verb ===
usar (intransitive)
to use
to be used to
to walk, jog (Should we delete(+) this sense?)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Descendants ====
Galician: usar
Portuguese: usar
=== Further reading ===
Universo Cantigas - "usar"
== Old Saxon ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Germanic *unseraz.
=== Pronoun ===
ūsar
ours (possessive for usa)
==== Declension ====
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese usar, from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.
=== Pronunciation ===
(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 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.
(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.
==== Conjugation ====
==== Quotations ====
For quotations using this term, see Citations:usar.
=== Further reading ===
“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
== 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)
(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
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“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