operación
Spanish, noun/opeɾaˈθjon/
operación is spelled O-P-E-R-A-C-I-Ó-N (9 letters) and appears 65 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,344th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Operación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “operation (a surgical procedure)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de operar”.
What does operación mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoperation (a surgical procedure)
- 2
feminineoperation (the method or practice by which actions are done)
- 3
feminineoperation (a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de operar. 2. Ejecución de alguna cosa. 3. Convenio o acuerdo sobre mercaderías o valores. 4. Cirugía o intervención quirúrgica.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of operación
- operaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce operación?
- /opeɾaˈθjon/
- [o.pe.ɾaˈθjõn]
- /opeɾaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to operación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is operación in Spanish?
operación appears 65 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).