usar
Spanish, verb/uˈsaɾ/
usar is spelled U-S-A-R (4 letters) and appears 135 times per million words in written Spanish, the 644th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Usar is a Spanish verb meaning “to use” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Emplear algo con un fin determinado, servirse de un objeto para realizar una acción con él”.
What does usar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to use
Usa la fuerza, Luke!
- 2
to wear
- 3
to consume
- 4
to be used
- 5
to be fashionable
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Emplear algo con un fin determinado, servirse de un objeto para realizar una acción con él. 2. Hacer algo de forma habitual, tenerlo por costumbre. 3. Tener puesto un adorno, objeto o prenda, de forma habitual.
verb: 1. Emplear a una persona u objeto, a fin de conseguir algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of usar
- uso first-person present singular
- usé first-person preterite singular
- usado participle past
- usando gerund
- usada feminine participle past
- usados masculine participle past
- usadas feminine participle past
- usas indicative informal present
- usás indicative informal present
- usa indicative present singular
- usamos first-person indicative plural
- usáis indicative plural present
- usan indicative plural present
- usaba first-person imperfect indicative
- usabas imperfect indicative second-person
- usábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- usabais imperfect indicative plural
- usaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce usar?
- /uˈsaɾ/
- [uˈsaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to usar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is usar in Spanish?
usar appears 135 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).