# operar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin operāre. Doublet of obrar, which was inherited.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [u.pəˈɾa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [o.pəˈɾa]
* IPA: (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)

#### Related terms

* cooperar
* operació
* operador
* operatiu

### Further reading

* “operar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “operar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “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

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### Verb

operar
* to operate

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | operar | operar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | operante | operate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | opera | ha operate |
| active | past | operava | habeva operate |
| active | future | operara | habera operate |
| active | conditional | operarea | haberea operate |
| active | imperative | opera | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es operate | ha essite operate |
| passive | past | esseva operate | habeva essite operate |
| passive | future | essera operate | habera essite operate |
| passive | conditional | esserea operate | haberea essite operate |
| passive | imperative | sia operate | |

## Maltese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔ.pɛˈraːr/
* Rhymes: -aːr

### Noun

operar m
* verbal noun of opera

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

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### Verb

operar
* to operate

#### Derived terms

* operable
* operacion
* operant
* operator

### Further reading

* Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 483.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin operārī. Doublet of obrar, which was inherited.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /o.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [o.peˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /o.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [o.peˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /o.peˈɾa(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /o.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [o.peˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /o.peˈɾa(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.pɨˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.pɨˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɔ.pɨˈɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: o‧pe‧rar

### Verb

operar (first-person singular present opero, first-person singular preterite operei, past participle operado)
* to operate, function

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “operar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “operar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “operar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “operar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “operar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “operar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin operāre. Doublet of obrar, which was inherited.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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
    ¿Te has operado de algo?Have you undergone some plastic surgery?
    Mi hermana quiere operarse.My sister wants to have work done.
    Dicen que esta actriz porno está operada.They say that this porn actress has had plastic surgery.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* cooperar
* operación
* operador
* operativo

### Further reading

* “operar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10