Usar conjugation and meaning

Use the present forms of usar for current situations, routines and actions that happen regularly.

Use present estar with usando for an action in progress now.

Use present haber with usado for a completed action connected to the present.

Use present haber, estado and usando to emphasize an activity continuing into the present.

Use the preterite when the action of usar is presented as completed in the past.

Use the imperfect for repeated or ongoing past uses of usar, or for background information.

Use imperfect haber with usado for an action completed before another past point.

Use the future forms of usar for predictions, promises and future statements.

Use future haber with usado for an action that will be complete before a future point.

Use the conditional forms of usar for hypothetical or tactful statements.

Use conditional haber with usado for a hypothetical completed past action.

Use these forms when a current wish, reaction, doubt or another trigger requires the subjunctive.

Use present-subjunctive haber with usado for a completed action in a present subjunctive context.

Use these forms for past subjunctive contexts and hypothetical structures; the equivalent -se series is also accepted where supplied.

Use imperfect-subjunctive haber with usado for an unreal or earlier completed past action.

Choose the affirmative command of usar that matches the person being addressed.

Use no with the matching command form of usar.