operación

See also: operacion

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin operātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opeɾaˈθjon/
• IPA^(key): /opeɾaˈsjon/ (Benasquese)
• Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra‧ción
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

operación f (plural operaciones)

1. operation

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin operātiō.

Noun

operación f (plural operaciones)

1. operation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin operātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /opeɾaˈθjon/ [o.pe.ɾaˈθjõn] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /opeɾaˈsjon/ [o.pe.ɾaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra‧ción

Noun

operación f (plural operaciones)

1. (medicine) operation (a surgical procedure)

   Synonym: cirugía

2. operation (the method or practice by which actions are done)
3. (computing, mathematics) operation (a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values)

Derived terms

• base de operaciones
• operación salida
• operacional
• sala de operaciones

Related terms

• operar

Further reading

• “operación”, 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