English Translation
You can only use it once.
Would it be possible to say “si può usare” or “può usarsi”?
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I think you need an object here but I could not find “usarsilo” except once in old tuscan poetry.
On the other hand “usarsila” seems to be somewhat more frequent.
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You can use “Si può usare”, and it would be a better sentence. “Lo” in si può usarlo" is a bit redundant…
“Può usarsi” has a bureaucratic feeling, I would avoid using it as well.
Edit: “Lo si può usare solo una volta” can be used, in case you are mentioning the implicit subject of this sentence before, and I think it is easier to pronounce than “usarlo”.
About @anon94972132 note about “usarsilo”, I must confess I have never heard of it. Maybe it is still used in Tuscany?
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Just a curiosity, and I could be way off, but I would expect the “i” to turn into an “e” if adding the “lo”, so “usarselo”, and then maybe to sound better “usasselo”?
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