Usar (to use) - Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo (Pluperfect subjunctive, subjunctive) - Spanish

Usar (to use) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Usar - Conjugation of to use in Spanish: Conjugation table, examples and exercises in the pluperfect subjunctive, subjunctive tense (Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo).

Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo (Pluperfect subjunctive, subjunctive)

All conjugations and tenses: Usar (to use) - conjugation and tenses - (Spanish)

Syllabus: Spanish lesson - Servicios cotidianos (Everyday services)

Conjugation of to use in Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto

yo hubiera/hubiese usado I would have used
tú hubieras/hubieses usado you had used
él/ella hubiera/hubiese usado he would have used
nosotros/nosotras hubiéramos/hubiésemos usado we would have used
vosotros/vosotras hubierais/hubieseis usado you would have used
ellos/ellas hubieran/hubiesen usado they would have used

Example phrases

Si hubiera/hubiese usado la aspiradora, la casa estaría más limpia. If I had used the vacuum cleaner, the house would be cleaner.
Si hubieras/hubieses usado la lavadora, ahora no tendrías ropa sucia. If you had used the washing machine, you wouldn't have dirty clothes now.
Si él hubiera/hubiese usado el tenedor, no habría ensuciado tanto los dedos. If he had used the fork, he wouldn't have made his fingers so dirty.
Si hubiéramos/hubiésemos usado la lámpara, habríamos visto mejor. If we had used the lamp, we would have seen better.
Si hubierais/hubieseis usado los vasos, no tendríais que lavar tantas botellas. If you had used the glasses, you would not have to wash so many bottles.
Si hubieran/hubiesen usado el mapa, no se habrían perdido en el camino. If they had used the map, they would not have gotten lost on the way.

Exercise: Conjugate the verbs - usar (to use)

Instruction: Choose the correct word, read the sentence out loud and translate.

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Usar (Subjuntivo pluscuamperfecto, subjuntivo)

1. Si ... la lavadora, ahora no tendrías ropa sucia.

Si hubieras/hubieses usado la lavadora, ahora no tendrías ropa sucia.

(If you had used the washing machine, you wouldn't have dirty clothes now.)

2. Si ... el mapa, no se habrían perdido en el camino.

Si hubieran/hubiesen usado el mapa, no se habrían perdido en el camino.

(If they had used the map, they would not have gotten lost on the way.)

3. Si ... la lámpara, habríamos visto mejor.

Si hubiéramos/hubiésemos usado la lámpara, habríamos visto mejor.

(If we had used the lamp, we would have seen better.)

4. Si ... los vasos, no tendríais que lavar tantas botellas.

Si hubierais/hubieseis usado los vasos, no tendríais que lavar tantas botellas.

(If you had used the glasses, you would not have to wash so many bottles.)

5. Si ... la aspiradora, la casa estaría más limpia.

Si hubiera/hubiese usado la aspiradora, la casa estaría más limpia.

(If I had used the vacuum cleaner, the house would be cleaner.)

6. Si él ... el tenedor, no habría ensuciado tanto los dedos.

Si él hubiera/hubiese usado el tenedor, no habría ensuciado tanto los dedos.

(If he had used the fork, he wouldn't have made his fingers so dirty.)