operar

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin operāre. Doublet of obrar, which was inherited. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [u.pəˈɾa] IPA(key): (Balearic) [o.pəˈɾa] IPA(key): (Valencia) [o.peˈɾaɾ] === Verb === operar (first-person singular present opero, first-person singular preterite operí, past participle operat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/ to produce, to achieve to operate (to perform surgery) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “operar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “operar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “operar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “operar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Interlingua == === Pronunciation === === Verb === operar to operate ==== Conjugation ==== == Maltese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔ.pɛˈraːr/ Rhymes: -aːr === Noun === operar m verbal noun of opera == Occitan == === Pronunciation === === Verb === operar to operate ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 483 == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin operārī. Doublet of obrar, which was inherited. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: o‧pe‧rar === Verb === operar (first-person singular present opero, first-person singular preterite operei, past participle operado) to operate, function ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “operar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “operar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “operar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “operar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “operar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “operar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin operāre. Doublet of obrar, which was inherited. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /opeˈɾaɾ/ [o.peˈɾaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: o‧pe‧rar === Verb === operar (first-person singular present opero, first-person singular preterite operé, past participle operado) to operate (to perform surgery) to produce, to achieve Synonym: realizar to operate (to deal in a commodity) (reflexive) to undergo plastic surgery ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “operar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025