used to

Pronunciation

 * Not homophonous with used in the sense of "made use of" (as in "the key was used to open the door"), whose pronunciation is.
 * Not homophonous with used in the sense of "made use of" (as in "the key was used to open the door"), whose pronunciation is.
 * Not homophonous with used in the sense of "made use of" (as in "the key was used to open the door"), whose pronunciation is.
 * Not homophonous with used in the sense of "made use of" (as in "the key was used to open the door"), whose pronunciation is.
 * Not homophonous with used in the sense of "made use of" (as in "the key was used to open the door"), whose pronunciation is.
 * Not homophonous with used in the sense of "made use of" (as in "the key was used to open the door"), whose pronunciation is.

Etymology 1
From, past participle of +.

Adjective

 * 1)  Accustomed to, tolerant or accepting of.

Synonyms

 * to
 * to

Translations
This section is only for adjectives meaning "used to". For verbs which mean "to be used to", see be used to.


 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: متعود على
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: звы́клы, прывы́клы, абвы́клы
 * Belizean Creole: yoostu
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: vant til
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: afeito, adoito
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: abitye
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: hozzá van szokva, ,
 * Italian:
 * Latin: solitus
 * Macedonian: нави́кнат, на́учен
 * Neapolitan: abbituato
 * Norwegian: ha for vane
 * Bokmål: være vant til
 * Persian:
 * Polish: przyzwyczajony
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, acomodat
 * Russian: (... k... + dative case)
 * Scottish Gaelic: cleachdte
 * Slovak: zvyknutý
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: vid
 * Thai: เคยชิน,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: зви́клий
 * Welsh:

Etymology 2
From, past of +.

Verb

 * 1)   Formerly and habitually or repeatedly, but possibly no longer, did.
 * 2) * 1980, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson (lyrics), Agnetha Fältskog (lead vocalist), ,
 * But tell me does she kiss like I used to kiss you? / Does it feel the same, when she calls your name?
 * 1) * 1980, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson (lyrics), Agnetha Fältskog (lead vocalist), ,
 * But tell me does she kiss like I used to kiss you? / Does it feel the same, when she calls your name?
 * But tell me does she kiss like I used to kiss you? / Does it feel the same, when she calls your name?

Usage notes

 * With did as an auxiliary verb (as in the negative and interrogative),  is considered standard in American English (e.g., Did you use to walk to school?; He didn't use to behave that way!; It's hard to drive without power steering, did people just use to be stronger?). In other situations, such as I use to go to the fair every year, it is considered an error to not write the past tense form used to, which is caused by the two forms sounding nearly or exactly the same. In British English, used to may also be acceptable with did as an auxiliary.
 * The negative may be formed as used to not or used not to (usen't to, usedn't to), did not use to (didn't use to), or did not used to, the last of which is sometimes considered an error.
 * The interrogative is constructed like did [subject] use to...? (did [subject] used to is also found, but is considered an error) or used [subject] to...?, varying by region and era.
 * When it is not necessary to include the following verb, it is usual in some regions to use the verb as a stand-in (he works harder than he used to do), whereas in others it is usual to use no verb at all (he works harder than he used to).

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: + present tense
 * Armenian:
 * Belizean Creole: yoostu, doz
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: use the past tense with an indication of time in the past such as 
 * Dutch: use the past tense with an indication of time in the past such as voorheen or vroeger
 * Esperanto: antaŭe + past tense
 * Finnish:,  oli tapana
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:, , ;  , , , in formal style also pflegte zu + infinitive
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: past tense of + present participle or present tense with an optional indication of a past time such as  (pá'am)
 * Hungarian:, , , , , annak idején + past tense
 * Irish: use the imperfect tense of the verb; ba ghnách le
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: past tense followed by ものだ
 * Khmer:
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian: use the past iterative tense of the verb that follows
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: pleide å, brukte å
 * Nynorsk: brukte å, bruka å
 * Persian: (or synonyms) + imperfect,  (or synonyms) + imperfect , simple past +
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:  + să +
 * Russian: or use  + infinitive
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: + verb in infinitive
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: рані́ше
 * Vietnamese: đã từng
 * Welsh: