usan

they use, use


Verb usan

  1. Third-person plural (ellos, ellas, also used with ustedes) present indicative form of usar.
  2. (used formally in Spain) Second-person plural present indicative form of usar.

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Examples
  • Los camellos se usan a menudo para viajar por el desierto.

    Camels are often used to travel in the desert.

  • Estas niñas usan faldas blancas.

    These girls use white skirts.

  • A Tom no le gustan las chicas que usan tacos altos.

    Tom doesn't like girls who wear high heels.

  • Las personas que usan tenedores mayormente son de Europa, América del Norte y Sur; los que usan palillos son del este de Asia y los que usan sus dedos son de África, Medio Oriente, Indonesia e India.

    Fork-users are mainly in Europe, North America, and Latin America; chopstick-users in eastern Asia and finger-users in Africa, the Middle East, Indonesia, and India.

  • ¿Cómo denominarías a una palabra que no existe pero que todos usan?

    What do you call a word that doesn't exist but that everyone uses?

  • De hecho, para moverse a cualquier velocidad el oso polar usa el doble de la energía que usan los demás mamíferos.

    In fact, to move at any speed the polar bear uses twice as much energy as do most other mammals.

  • Los prejuicios son lo que los tontos usan como razones.

    Prejudices are what fools use for reasons.

  • Debido a que los blogs chinos usan un montón de jerga, no suelo entenderlos tan bien, pero aún así pienso que es bueno para mi aprendizaje de chino.

    Because Chinese blogs use a lot of slang, I usually don't understand them that well, but I still think it's good for my Chinese.

  • Escuché que muchas chicas usan bikinis en esa playa.

    I hear a lot of girls wear bikinis at that beach.

  • La mayoría de los estudiantes universitarios usan las computadoras principalmente para escribir artículos.

    Most college students use computers mainly for writing papers.

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