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utilizzare

to use, to utilise

verb oo-tee-lee-DZAH-reh Common

Usage Note

Utilizzare is the formal or technical counterpart of usare ('to use'). In everyday conversation usare is preferred, but utilizzare is standard in written and professional contexts. It takes avere as its auxiliary: ho utilizzato il programma ('I used the programme'). The noun is utilizzo ('use, utilisation').

Examples

"Utilizziamo questo software per gestire i dati."

Natural Translation

We use this software to manage the data.

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