usaba

used


Verb usaba

  1. First-person singular (yo) imperfect indicative form of usar.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) imperfect indicative form of usar.

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Examples
  • Él usaba zapatos viejos.

    He wore old shoes.

  • Su estilo (si se puede llamar así) usaba excesivamente (aunque corro el riesgo de hipocresía) los paréntesis (disculpen por el juego de palabras).

    His style (if you were to call it that) was excessively (though I run the risk of hypocrisy) parenthetical (pardon the pun).

  • Ella le mostró cómo se usaba el nuevo programa.

    She showed him how to use the new software.

  • En las sociedades primitivas se usaba el trueque.

    In primitive societies barter was used.

  • Tom era casado, pero no usaba anillo.

    Tom was married, but he didn't wear a ring.

  • Ella usaba un sombrero negro.

    She was wearing a black hat.

  • En el pasado, la gente usaba diligencias para viajar.

    In the past, people used to travel by a diligence.

  • Yo lo usaba cuando estaba en China el verano pasado.

    I used it when I was in China last summer.

  • Tom todavía usa el mismo talle de jeans que usaba cuando tenía veinte años.

    Tom can still wear the same size jeans he did when he was twenty years old.

  • Usaba sombrero negro.

    She was wearing a black hat.


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