Utilizar preterite conjugation
Utilizar in the preterite: utilicé, utilizaste, utilizó, utilizamos, utilizasteis, utilizaron.
- to use; to make use of
- spelling change (z→c)
- Participle: utilizado
- Gerund: utilizando
Preterite pretérito
| yo | utilicé |
|---|---|
| tú | utilizaste |
| él/ella/usted | utilizó |
| nosotros | utilizamos |
| vosotros | utilizasteis |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | utilizaron |
How to use utilizar in the preterite
The preterite has a spelling change only in the yo form: utilicé. The others are regular: utilizaste, utilizó, utilizamos, utilizaron. Use it for a specific use at a specific time, as in methods sections of reports or when you explain how you did something: Utilicé una plantilla. Remember that utilizamos is the same in the present and preterite.
Examples
Para el informe utilicé una plantilla de la empresa.
For the report I used a company template.
El ladrón utilizó una tarjeta falsa.
The thief used a fake card.
¿Qué método utilizaron para calcular los costos?
What method did they use to calculate the costs?
Quick check: utilizar in the preterite
More utilizar tenses
- All utilizar tenses
- Utilizar present
- Utilizar imperfect
- Utilizar future
- Utilizar conditional
- Utilizar present subjunctive
- Utilizar affirmative commands
Other verbs in the preterite
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