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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [uˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [uˈzaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) to use

   Synonyms: emprar, fer servir, utilitzar

2. (transitive) to employ

Conjugation

    Conjugation of usar (first conjugation)

infinitive			usar
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	usa	usi	usem	useu	usin
	negative (no)	—	no usis	no usi	no usem	no useu	no usin

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, 2025
• “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)

1. to use

   Synonym: utilizar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of usar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	usar
Personal	usar	usares	usar	usarmos	usardes	usaren
Gerund
	usando
Past participle
Masculine	usado			usados
Feminine	usada			usadas
Indicative
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
Present	use	uses	use	usemos	usedes	usen
Imperfect	usase	usases	usase	usásemos	usásedes	usasen
Future	usar	usares	usar	usarmos	usardes	usaren
Imperative
Affirmative		usa	use	usemos	usade	usen
Negative (non)		non uses	non use	non usemos	non usedes	non usen

    Reintegrated conjugation of usar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	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

¹Less recommended.

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 (Béarn):

  (file)

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