obrar

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

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

obrar (first-person singular present obro, first-person singular preterite obrí, past participle obrat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

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

• obra
• obrer

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

From Late Latin operāre, from Latin operārī.

obrar (first-person singular present obro, first-person singular preterite obrei, past participle obrado)

1. to act, accomplish

   Synonym: actuar

2. to cause, to produce (an effect)
3. to construct, build

   Synonyms: construír, edificar

4. (vulgar) to defecate

   Synonyms: defecar, cagar

Inherited from Late Latin operāre, from Latin operārī. Doublet of operar, a borrowing.

• Hyphenation: o‧brar

obrar (first-person singular present obro, first-person singular preterite obrei, past participle obrado)

1. (intransitive) to work (to perform a work or labour)

   Synonym: trabalhar

2. (intransitive, informal) to defecate

   Synonyms: defecar, cagar

Inherited from Late Latin operāre, from Latin operārī. Doublet of operar, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /oˈbɾaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧brar

obrar (first-person singular present obro, first-person singular preterite obré, past participle obrado)

1. to act, to behave

   Synonyms: actuar, comportar, portar

2. to work (to function correctly)

   Synonyms: funcionar, marchar, andar

• “obrar”, 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

• barro
• borra
• robar