usar

A2

to use

usar in every tense

All six simple tenses of usar, every person included.

Presente (present)

PersonForm
youso
túusas
él/ella/ustedusa
nosotrosusamos
vosotrosusáis
ellos/ustedesusan

Pretérito indefinido (preterite)

PersonForm
yousé
túusaste
él/ella/ustedusó
nosotrosusamos
vosotrosusasteis
ellos/ustedesusaron

Pretérito imperfecto (imperfect)

PersonForm
yousaba
túusabas
él/ella/ustedusaba
nosotrosusábamos
vosotrosusabais
ellos/ustedesusaban

Futuro simple (future)

PersonForm
yousaré
túusarás
él/ella/ustedusará
nosotrosusaremos
vosotrosusaréis
ellos/ustedesusarán

Condicional simple (conditional)

PersonForm
yousaría
túusarías
él/ella/ustedusaría
nosotrosusaríamos
vosotrosusaríais
ellos/ustedesusarían

Presente de subjuntivo (present subjunctive)

PersonForm
youse
túuses
él/ella/usteduse
nosotrosusemos
vosotrosuséis
ellos/ustedesusen
regular

usar in example sentences

Forms of usar appear in 726 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. The conjugated form is highlighted.

¿Para qué lo usarás?

What will you use it for?

tú · future · Tatoeba #572461

¿Para qué se usa esto?

What is this thing used for?

él/ella/usted · present · Tatoeba #1397841

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

Words from the usar family

Forms of usar with their own word page:

Verbs conjugated like usar

The same pattern (regular), nearest in the frequency list:

Make usar automatic

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"usar" is #647 in the frequency list - see its word page