Use esta forma.

Use is the imperative form used with você in Brazilian Portuguese.

• você usa = you use (statement)
• use = use! (command/instruction to você)

So Use esta forma. is an instruction, not a description.

Yes, it is usually understood as the você command form, which is very common in Brazil and can sound neutral, polite, or instructional depending on context.

For example, in instructions, manuals, signs, or classroom language, Use esta forma. sounds natural.

If you were speaking to someone with tu, the command would normally be different:

• Usa esta forma.

But in most of Brazil, você commands like use are extremely common.

Esta is the feminine form of this.

It agrees with forma, which is a feminine noun:

• esta forma = this form / this way

In traditional grammar:

• esta = this, near the speaker
• essa = that, near the listener
• aquela = that over there

In everyday Brazilian Portuguese, people often use essa where older grammar might expect esta, but esta forma is still perfectly correct and often sounds a bit more careful, formal, or written.

Forma can mean different things depending on context. In this sentence, it most likely means:

• way
• method
• form

So Use esta forma. could mean:

• Use this way.
• Use this method.
• Use this form.

The exact meaning depends on the situation.

Because esta already works as a demonstrative determiner, like this in English.

You normally say:

• esta forma = this form/way

Not:

• a esta forma in this sentence
• uma esta forma

Just as in English you say this form, not the this form.

Yes, especially in contexts like:

• instructions
• teaching
• manuals
• official guidance
• written explanations

It may sound a little more formal or written than everyday casual speech, but it is completely natural.

In casual speech, people might also say:

• Use desse jeito. = Use it this way.
• Faça assim. = Do it like this.
• Use essa forma. = Use this/that way.

In Brazilian Portuguese, use is usually pronounced roughly like:

• OO-zee

More precisely, the stress is on the first syllable: U-se.

Important:

• It is not pronounced like English use
• The final e is pronounced as a vowel in Portuguese

Yes. Portuguese often leaves out the subject when it is understood from the verb form or the situation.

So:

• Use esta forma.

implicitly means:

• Você, use esta forma.

In commands, the subject is often omitted unless you want emphasis.

It could, depending on context, because forma can also mean shape or form in a more physical sense.

But in many learning or instructional contexts, forma more often means:

• way
• method
• form

So context is what tells you which meaning is intended.

Yes, you can, but be careful: the best English translation depends on context.

Word-for-word:

• Use = use
• esta = this
• forma = form/way

Possible natural translations:

• Use this form.
• Use this method.
• Do it this way.

So the Portuguese is simple, but the best English version depends on what forma refers to.