operación
See also: operacion
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin operātiō.
Noun
operación f (plural operaciones)
- operation
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin operātiō.
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)
- (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)
Derived terms
- base de operaciones
- operacional
- operación salida
- sala de operaciones
Related terms
- operar
Further reading
- “operación”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014