usar

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

usar

1. (transitive) to use

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “usar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

usar (first-person singular indicative present uso, past participle usáu)

1. to use

   Synonym: utilizar

• usu

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [uˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [uˈzaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

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

• “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

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese usar, from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

usar (first-person singular present uso, first-person singular preterite usei, past participle usado)

1. to use

   Synonym: utilizar

• uso

usar

1. to use

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre

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usar

1. to use
2. to employ

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre

• IPA^(key): /uˈzaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

usar (intransitive)

1. to use
2. to be used to
3. to walk, jog (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

• Galician: usar
• Portuguese: usar

• Universo Cantigas - "usar"

From Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

ūsar

1. ours (possessive for usa)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese usar, from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre.

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈza(h)/
• (Rural Central Brazil) IPA^(key): /uˈza(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: u‧sar

usar (first-person singular present uso, first-person singular preterite usei, past participle usado)

2. (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.

4. (transitive) to sport (to wear, wield or have as a notable feature)

   Hipsters usam barba comprida. ― Hipsters sport long beards.

6. (transitive) to use (to consume habitually)

   Alguns favelados usam craque. ― Some slum-dwellers use crack.

8. (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.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:usar.

• “usar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (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

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin ūsāre

• IPA^(key): /uˈsaɾ/ [uˈsaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: u‧sar

usar (first-person singular present uso, first-person singular preterite usé, past participle usado)

1. (transitive) to use

   Synonym: utilizar

   Usa la fuerza, Luke! ― Use the force, Luke!

2. (transitive) to wear

   Synonym: llevar

3. (transitive) to consume

   Synonym: consumir

4. (reflexive) to be used
5. (reflexive) to be fashionable

• “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], 10 December 2024