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Aragonese
Etymology
From Latin operātiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /opeɾaˈθjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra‧ción
Noun
operación f (plural operaciones)
- operation
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin operātiō.
Noun
operación f (plural operaciones)
- operation
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin operātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /opeɾaˈθjon/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /opeɾaˈsjon/
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: o‧pe‧ra‧ción
Noun
operación f (plural operaciones)
- (medicine) operation (a surgical procedure)
- Synonym: cirugía
- operation (the method or practice by which actions are done)
- (computing, mathematics) operation (a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values)
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