operación

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See also: operacion

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin operātiō.

Noun

operación f (plural operaciones)

  1. operation

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin operātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /opeɾaˈθjon/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /opeɾaˈsjon/
  • 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)

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