# bruka
## Albanian
### Noun

bruka
* indefinite nominative/accusative plural and definite nominative singular of brukë

## Lithuanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbrʊkɐ]

### Verb

brùka
* third-person singular present of brukti
* third-person plural present of brukti

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbruka]

### Noun

bruka
* genitive singular of bruk
* accusative singular of bruk
* nominative dual of bruk

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* brukene

### Noun

bruka n
* definite plural of bruk (Noun 2)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbrʉːkɑ/

#### Noun

bruka n
* definite plural of bruk (Noun 2)

### Etymology 2

From Middle Low German bruken.

#### Alternative forms

* bruke

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²brʉːkɑ/

#### Verb

bruka (present tense brukar/bruker, past tense bruka/brukte, past participle bruka/brukt, passive infinitive brukast, present participle brukande, imperative bruka/bruk)
* to use

##### Synonyms

* nytta

##### Derived terms

* bruktbil
* velbruka, velbrukt

### References

* “bruka” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *brūkan.

### Verb

brūka
* to use

#### Descendants

* North Frisian: bruwcken
* Saterland Frisian: bruke
* West Frisian: brûke

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbruka/
* Rhymes: -uka
* Syllabification: bru‧ka

### Verb

bruka
* third-person singular present of brukać

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /brûka/
* Hyphenation: bru‧ka

### Noun

brȕka f (Cyrillic spelling бру̏ка)
* (informal, slang) shame, disgrace
* (informal, slang) person in disgrace

#### Related terms

* brȕkati

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Middle Low German bruken, from Old Saxon brukan.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

bruka (present brukar, preterite brukade, supine brukat, imperative bruka)
* (auxiliary) to use to (present tense of used to); to be in the habit of
    Han brukade segla runt sjön på somrarnaHe used to sail around the lake in the summer
    Han brukar äta majsHe often / regularly eats corn
    Hon brukar beställa en hamburgare när hon besöker restaurangenShe usually orders a hamburger when she visits the restaurant [like "She used to order a hamburger when she visited the restaurant," but in the present tense]
* to use (for some purpose)
    verktyg som brukas för att forma trätools used [that are used] to shape wood
    ett verktyg som kan brukas som vapena tool that can be used as a weapon
    Metoden brukas som en sista utvägThe method is used / employed as a last resort
    bruka vålduse violence (idiomatic)
    Bruka ditt förnuft!Use your good sense!
** to cultivate, till, farm
    bruka jordenwork the land
    röja sten så att åkrarna kan brukasclear rocks so that the fields can be farmed
    bruka skogmanage forests (for forestry purposes)
** to use, to consume (drugs or alcohol)
    bruka alkohol under arbetstidconsume alcohol during working hours

#### Usage notes

* Like English used to in (sense 1), but as natural-sounding in the present tense as in the past tense.
* "Bruka" in (sense 2) has connotations similar to "make use of for some purpose." Outside idiomatic cases like cultivation, it can otherwise be used interchangeably with "använda," which is the more general and common word for "use."

#### Related terms

* bruk
* brukare
* förbruka
* missbruka

#### Descendants

* → Finnish: ruukata

#### See also

* använda
* nyttja

### References

* bruka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* bruka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* bruka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* bukar, burka