# usar
## 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

#### Related terms

* usu

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [uˈza]
* IPA: (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, 2025
* “usar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## 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

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* uso

## Interlingua
### Verb

usar
* to use

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | usar | usar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | usante | usate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | usa | ha usate |
| active | past | usava | habeva usate |
| active | future | usara | habera usate |
| active | conditional | usarea | haberea usate |
| active | imperative | usa | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es usate | ha essite usate |
| passive | past | esseva usate | habeva essite usate |
| passive | future | essera usate | habera essite usate |
| passive | conditional | esserea usate | haberea essite usate |
| passive | imperative | sia usate | |

## Occitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

usar
* to use
* to employ

#### Inflection
## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈzaɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

usar (intransitive)
* to use
* to be used to
* to walk, jog (Should we delete this sense?)

#### 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /uˈza(ʁ)/ [uˈza(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /uˈza(ʁ)/ [uˈza(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /uˈza(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /uˈza(ʁ)/ [uˈza(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /uˈza(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /uˈzaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /uˈzaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /uˈza.ɾi/
* (Northeast Brazil) IPA: /uˈza(h)/
* (Rural Central Brazil) IPA: /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.
** 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.

#### Conjugation

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

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:usar.

### Further reading

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈsaɾ/ [uˈsaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* 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

$^1$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.
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

#### Derived terms

* usar la cabeza
* usarse

### Further reading

* “usar”, 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