operar
/opeˈɾaɾ/ verb B1- to operate (to perform surgery)
- to produce, to achieve
- to operate (to deal in a commodity)
- 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.
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- operar
- Gerund
- operando
- Past participle
- operado
- Present (yo)
- opero
- Preterite (yo)
- operé
From the library
En cuanto a mí, recordaba bien que de los ocho a los doce años no había faltado casi una noche a la Opera; mi padre me llevaba siempre consigo.
Para operar tan prodigiosa metamorfosis, la ciencia posee una varilla mágica y cierto talismán infalibles: llámanse respectivamente atención y reflexión.
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