uso

See also: USO, usó, and usò

Asturian

Verb

uso

1. first-person singular present indicative of usar

Basque

Alternative forms

• urzo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Basque *urzo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /us̺o/ [u.s̺o]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -us̺o, -o
• Hyphenation: u‧so

Noun

uso anim

1. dove, pigeon
2. (often derogatory, of a man or boy) effeminate

Declension

Declension of uso (anim V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	uso	usoa	usoak	usook
ergative	usok	usoak	usoek	usook
dative	usori	usoari	usoei	usooi
genitive	usoren	usoaren	usoen	usoon
comitative	usorekin	usoarekin	usoekin	usookin
causative	usorengatik	usoarengatik	usoengatik	usoongatik
benefactive	usorentzat	usoarentzat	usoentzat	usoontzat
instrumental	usoz	usoaz	usoez	usootaz
inessive	usorengan	usoarengan	usoengan	usoongan
locative	—	—	—	—
allative	usorengana	usoarengana	usoengana	usoongana
terminative	usorenganaino	usoarenganaino	usoenganaino	usoonganaino
directive	usorenganantz	usoarenganantz	usoenganantz	usoonganantz
destinative	usorenganako	usoarenganako	usoenganako	usoonganako
ablative	usorengandik	usoarengandik	usoengandik	usoongandik
partitive	usorik	—	—	—
prolative	usotzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• usategi

Further reading

• “uso”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “uso”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Catalan

Verb

uso

1. first-person singular present indicative of usar

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuso/ [ˈu.s̺ʊ]
• Rhymes: -uso
• Hyphenation: u‧so

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin ūsus

Old Galician-Portuguese uso

Galician uso

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese uso, from Latin ūsus.

Noun

uso m (plural usos)

1. use
2. usage
3. custom

   En cada terra seu uso coma en cada roca seu fuso (proverb)

   In each country its custom, with each distaff its spindle

Related terms

• usanza
• usar
• usufruto
• utilizar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “uso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “uso”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “uso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “uso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Etymology 2

Verb

uso

1. first-person singular present indicative of usar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.zo/
• Rhymes: -uzo
• Hyphenation: ù‧so

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ūsus, perfect passive participle of ūtor (“to make use”).

Adjective

uso (feminine usa, masculine plural usi, feminine plural use)

1. (literary or rare) used, accustomed

   Synonyms: abituato, (literary) adusato, (literary) aduso, avvezzo

Further reading

• “uso¹”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin ūsus (“use, employment”), from Proto-Italic *oissos.

Noun

uso m (plural usi)

1. use
2. usage
3. (literary, uncommon) practice
4. (literary or uncommon) habit
5. custom

Related terms

• usare
• usuale
• usucapione
• usufrutto
• usura
• usurpare

Further reading

• “uso²”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

uso

1. first-person singular present indicative of usare

Anagrams

• Suo, suo

Japanese

Romanization

uso

1. Rōmaji transcription of うそ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ウソ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈuː.s̬o]

Etymology 1

Frequentative from Classical Latin ūtor, via its past participle ūsus +‎ -ō (verb-forming suffix). First attested in the eighth century CE.

Verb

ūsō (present infinitive ūsāre, perfect active ūsāvī, supine ūsātum); first conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

1. to use
2. to enjoy use of

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ūsō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ūsō		ūsās		ūsat		ūsāmus		ūsātis		ūsant
	imperfect	ūsābam		ūsābās		ūsābat		ūsābāmus		ūsābātis		ūsābant
	future	ūsābō		ūsābis		ūsābit		ūsābimus		ūsābitis		ūsābunt
	perfect	ūsāvī		ūsāvistī		ūsāvit		ūsāvimus		ūsāvistis		ūsāvērunt, ūsāvēre
	pluperfect	ūsāveram		ūsāverās		ūsāverat		ūsāverāmus		ūsāverātis		ūsāverant
	future perfect	ūsāverō		ūsāveris		ūsāverit		ūsāverimus		ūsāveritis		ūsāverint
passive	present	ūsor		ūsāris, ūsāre		ūsātur		ūsāmur		ūsāminī		ūsantur
	imperfect	ūsābar		ūsābāris, ūsābāre		ūsābātur		ūsābāmur		ūsābāminī		ūsābantur
	future	ūsābor		ūsāberis, ūsābere		ūsābitur		ūsābimur		ūsābiminī		ūsābuntur
	perfect	ūsātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ūsātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ūsātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ūsem		ūsēs		ūset		ūsēmus		ūsētis		ūsent
	imperfect	ūsārem		ūsārēs		ūsāret		ūsārēmus		ūsārētis		ūsārent
	perfect	ūsāverim		ūsāverīs		ūsāverit		ūsāverīmus		ūsāverītis		ūsāverint
	pluperfect	ūsāvissem		ūsāvissēs		ūsāvisset		ūsāvissēmus		ūsāvissētis		ūsāvissent
passive	present	ūser		ūsēris, ūsēre		ūsētur		ūsēmur		ūsēminī		ūsentur
	imperfect	ūsārer		ūsārēris, ūsārēre		ūsārētur		ūsārēmur		ūsārēminī		ūsārentur
	perfect	ūsātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ūsātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ūsā		—		—		ūsāte		—
	future	—		ūsātō		ūsātō		—		ūsātōte		ūsantō
passive	present	—		ūsāre		—		—		ūsāminī		—
	future	—		ūsātor		ūsātor		—		—		ūsantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ūsāre			ūsārī			ūsāns			—
future		ūsātūrum esse			ūsātum īrī			ūsātūrus			ūsandus
perfect		ūsāvisse			ūsātum esse			—			ūsātus
future perfect		—			ūsātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		ūsātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ūsandī		ūsandō		ūsandum		ūsandō		ūsātum		ūsātū

Related terms

• usamentum
• usitare
• usuare

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: usare
  • Neapolitan: usare
  • Sicilian: usari
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: usare, usai
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: usâ
  • Romansh: üser
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: usar
  • Old French: user (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitan: usar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: usar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: usar
    • Galician: usar
    • Portuguese: usar
  • Old Spanish: usar
    • Ladino: uzar
    • Spanish: usar
• Conlangs: (borrowed via one or several Romance languages)
  • Esperanto: uzi
    • Ido: uzar
  • Interlingua: usar

Etymology 2

Participle

ūsō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ūsus

References

• "usare", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Maore Comorian

Noun

uso class 11 (plural nyiso class 10) or uso class 11 (plural mauso class 6)

1. face

References

• “uso” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ūsus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuzo]

Noun

uso m (plural usos)

1. use, custom, habit

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “uso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “uso”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• usso (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈu.zu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈu.zu/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uzu
• Hyphenation: u‧so

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Latin ūsus

Old Galician-Portuguese uso

Portuguese uso

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese uso, from Latin ūsus.

Noun

uso m (plural usos)

1. use
2. usage, habit
3. wear (degradation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:uso.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

uso

1. first-person singular present indicative of usar

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:usar.

Further reading

• “uso”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “uso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Samoan

FWOTD – 23 October 2015

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʊ.so]

Noun

uso

1. a relative of the same generation and gender
2. pith (the soft, spongy substance in the center of the stems of many plants and trees)
3. root of the kava plant (Piper methysticum)

See also

• (relative): tuafafine, tuagane
• (root): 'ava

References

• George Pratt (1861), Samoan dictionary: English and Samoan and Samoan and English with a short grammar of the Samoan dialect, Matautu, Samoa: London Missionary Society Press, page 97
• Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 303

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuso/ [ˈu.so]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uso
• Syllabification: u‧so
• Homophone: huso

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt-der.?

Proto-Italic *oitōr

Latin ūtor

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin ūsus

Spanish uso

Inherited from Latin ūsus.

Noun

uso m (plural usos)

1. use

   Synonyms: empleo, utilización

   Antonym: desuso

2. usage; habit

   Synonym: usanza

3. wear (degradation)

   Synonym: desgaste

Derived terms

• al uso
• amor al uso
• andar al uso
• de un solo uso
• en buen uso
• en mal uso
• hacer uso de la palabra
• uso de razón
• uso del suelo
• valor de uso

Related terms

• usar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

uso

1. first-person singular present indicative of usar

Further reading

• “uso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *bʊ̀cʊ́.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

uso class XI (plural nyuso class X)

1. face (part of head)

   Synonym: sura

2. surface, face

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt-der.?

Proto-Italic *oitōr

Latin ūtor

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin ūsus

Spanish usobor.

Tagalog uso

Borrowed from Spanish uso.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuso/ [ˈʔuː.so]
• Rhymes: -uso
• Syllabification: u‧so

Noun

uso (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓ)

1. fashion; vogue; current style or mode

   Synonyms: moda, estilo

Adjective

uso (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓ)

1. hip; trendy; vogue

Derived terms

• magpauso
• makiuso
• mauso
• nauuso
• pauso
• pausuhin
• umuso

Related terms

• abusada
• abusado
• abusera
• abusero
• abuso
• abuso de kumpiyansa
• abusyon

Etymology 2

Apheresis of huso.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈsoʔ/ [ʔʊˈsoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: u‧so

Noun

usô (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜐᜓ)

1. alternative form of huso

Further reading

• “uso”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “uso”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 1016

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish oso, from Latin ursus.

Noun

uso (plural usojte)

1. Bear.
   • 1964, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, “Ini nonca yulcötl itucö uso”, in Yulcöme‎^[1], México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3:

     Icuerpo de ini uso icaca lalebis bieyi hua icuitlapil lalebis tzitziquitzi.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)