Significado de use en español

• 0 If you use something, you do something with it for a particular purpose.

  • Can I use your pen?

  • She uses her car for work.

• 1 to take an amount from a supply of something

  • These light bulbs use less electricity.

• 2 the act of using something, or the state of something being used

  • Guests have free use of the hotel swimming pool.

• 3 a purpose for which something is used

  • Can you find a use for this box?

• 4 one of the meanings of a word, or the way that a particular word is used

  • Can you list all the uses of the word ‘point’?

• 5 used to say that trying to do something has no effect

  • It’s no use talking to him – he won’t listen.

• 6 to do sth with an object, device, area, etc.

  • She used the rock to break the window. Ella usó la roca para romper la ventana.

  • a tool that can be used for many purposes una herramienta que se puede usar para muchos propósitos

  • The room is used as an office. La habitación se utiliza como oficina.

• 7 to do sth with a particular method, idea, service, etc.

  • I use yoga to help patients relax. Yo uso el yoga para ayudar a los pacientes a relajarse.

  • Thousands of customers use our delivery service. Miles de clientes utilizan nuestro servicio de entrega.

• 8 to take a particular amount from a supply

  • Can I use some of your sunscreen? ¿Puedo usar un poco de tu crema de sol?

• 9 to say or write a particular word, phrase, etc.

  • He used the word “unfair” to describe the situation. Él usó la palabra “injusto” para describir la situación.

• 10 to treat sb badly in order to get sth for yourself

  • She’s just using him to become popular. Ella solo le está utilizando para hacerse popular.

• 11 to take illegal drugs

  • to use heroin/cocaine consumir heroína/cocaína

  • I’d been using for ten years. Llevaba diez años consumiendo.

• 12 indicates sb needs or wants sth

  • I could use a drink. Me vendría bien romar algo.

  • They could use some training. Les vendría bien algo de entrenamiento.

• 13 a purpose that sth has, or the way sth can be used

  • a new technology with several uses una nueva tecnología con varios usos

  • the monkey’s use of the rock as a tool el uso que le da el mono a la roca como herramienta

  • The old computers might be of use to us. Los ordenardores viejos nos pueden ser útiles.

  • The empty ones are no use to us. Los que están vacíos no nos resultan inútiles.

  • He has no use for all those tools. Él no necesita todas esas herramientas.

  • I can make use of any boxes you don’t want. Yo puedo approvechar cualquiera de las cajas que no quieras.

  • The homeless shelter can put these blankets to good use. El refugio para personas sin hogar puede darle buen uso a estas mantas.

• 14 the act of using sth

  • the use of chemicals as fertilizers el uso de químicos como fertilizante

  • products that are thrown away after a single use productos que se tiran después de un solo uso

  • a building that is no longer in use un edificio que ya no está en uso

• 15 the right to use sth

  • residents’ use of the park uso de los residentes del parque

• 16 the ability to use a part of your body

  • She lost the use of one arm. Ella perdió la movilidad de un brazo.