obrar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin operō. Doublet of operar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [uˈβɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [oˈbɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [oˈbɾaɾ]

Verb

obrar (first-person singular present obro, first-person singular preterite obrí, past participle obrat)

1. to work (to shape, form or improve a material)
2. to act, to behave
3. to work (to function correctly)

Related terms

• obra
• obrer

Further reading

• “obrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Galician

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin operāre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin operārī, present active infinitive of operor.

Verb

1. to act, accomplish
2. to cause, to produce (an effect)
3. to construct, build
4. (vulgar) to defecate
5. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of obrar
6. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of obrar

Synonyms

• (to act, accomplish): actuar
• (to construct, build): construír, edificar

Related terms

• obra
• obradoiro
• obreiro

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Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin operāre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin operārī, present active infinitive of operor.

Verb

1. (intransitive) to work (to perform a work or labour)
2. (intransitive, Brazil, Ceará dialect, Portugal, archaic, informal) to defecate

Synonyms

• trabalhar

Related terms

• obra
• obreiro

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin operāre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin operārī, present active infinitive of operor. Doublet of operar, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈbɾaɾ/ [oˈβ̞ɾaɾ]

Verb

1. to act, to behave
2. to work (to function correctly)

Related terms

• obra
• obrador
• obrero
• huebra

Anagrams

• barro
• borra
• robar

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001