# utilizar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare. By surface analysis, útil +‎ -izar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /utiliˈθa(ɾ)/
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
* Syllabification: u‧ti‧li‧zar

### Verb

utilizar
* (transitive) to use, employ, apply
    Synonyms: fer servir, emplegar, usar

#### Derived terms

* reutilizar

### Further reading

Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA)

## Asturian
### Etymology

By surface analysis, útil +‎ -izar.

### Verb

utilizar (first-person singular indicative present utilizo, past participle utilizáu)
* to use, utilize
    Synonym: usar

#### Related terms

* útil
* utilidá

## Galician
### Etymology

By surface analysis, útil +‎ -izar.

### Verb

utilizar (first-person singular present utilizo, first-person singular preterite utilicei, past participle utilizado) utilizar (first-person singular present utilizo, first-person singular preterite utilizei, past participle utilizado, reintegrationist norm)
* to use, utilize

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* reutilizar

#### Related terms

* útil
* utilidade

### Further reading

* “utilizar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “utilizar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Occitan
### Etymology

From util +‎ -izar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ytiliˈza]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

utilizar
* to use; to make use of

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare. By surface analysis, útil +‎ -izar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /u.t͡ʃi.liˈza(ʁ)/ [u.t͡ʃi.liˈza(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /u.t͡ʃi.liˈza(ʁ)/ [u.t͡ʃi.liˈza(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /u.t͡ʃi.liˈza(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /u.t͡ʃi.liˈza(ʁ)/ [u.t͡ʃi.liˈza(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /u.t͡ʃi.liˈza(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /u.ti.liˈzaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /u.ti.liˈzaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /u.ti.liˈza.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: u‧ti‧li‧zar

### Verb

utilizar (first-person singular present utilizo, first-person singular preterite utilizei, past participle utilizado)
* (transitive) to use, employ, apply
    Synonym: usar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:utilizar.

#### Derived terms

* reutilizar

### Further reading

* “utilizar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “utilizar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “utilizar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “utilizar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “utilizar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “utilizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French utiliser, which is from Italian utilizzare. By surface analysis, útil +‎ -izar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /utiliˈθaɾ/ [u.t̪i.liˈθaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /utiliˈsaɾ/ [u.t̪i.liˈsaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: u‧ti‧li‧zar

### Verb

utilizar (first-person singular present utilizo, first-person singular preterite utilicé, past participle utilizado)
* (transitive) to use; to make use of; to utilize
    Synonym: usar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* infrautilizar
* reutilizar
* utilizable
* utilización

### Further reading

* “utilizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10