"Usa il cucchiaio."

Translation: He uses the spoon.

[CallMeAnja]

But Duo, there is no spoon!

[framericaine128]

Haha!! Perfect.

[lupogrigio]

if not the imperative, then if "he uses the spoon" is correct should not "he is using the spoon" also be correct?

[proxi]

The answer is "use the spoon", but the imperative has not yet been introduced at this stage.

[smeans2]

It has been an accepted meaning a few times. They seem to slip these things in rather than making them explicit.