operar
Spanish, verb/opeˈɾaɾ/
operar is spelled O-P-E-R-A-R (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,810th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Operar is a Spanish verb meaning “to operate (to perform surgery)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Obrar, realizar algo”.
What does operar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to operate (to perform surgery)
- 2
to produce, to achieve
- 3
to operate (to deal in a commodity)
- 4
to undergo plastic surgery
¿Te has operado de algo?
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Obrar, realizar algo. 2. Ejecutar sobre el cuerpo animal vivo, por medio de la mano o de instrumentos, algún trabajo, como cortar un miembro, extraer cuerpos extraños, reemplazar órganos, etc. con objeto de curar una enfermedad. 3. Hacer una cosa el efecto al que se destina, especialmente las medicinas. 4. Maniobrar.
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 operar
- opero first-person present singular
- operé first-person preterite singular
- operado participle past
- operando gerund
- operada feminine participle past
- operados masculine participle past
- operadas feminine participle past
- operas indicative informal present
- operás indicative informal present
- opera indicative present singular
- operamos first-person indicative plural
- operáis indicative plural present
- operan indicative plural present
- operaba first-person imperfect indicative
- operabas imperfect indicative second-person
- operábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- operabais imperfect indicative plural
- operaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce operar?
- /opeˈɾaɾ/
- [o.peˈɾaɾ]
- [opeˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to operar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is operar in Spanish?
operar appears 13 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).