operación

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/ [o.pe.ɾaˈθjõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /opeɾaˈsjon/ [o.pe.ɾaˈsjõn]
• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014