Meanings (ES + gloss)
obrar • operar • trabajar
To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
Could someone explain how this meeting operates?
In this town, the garbage removal staff operate between six o'clock at midnight.
controlar • influir • manipular
To produce an effect.
A plain, convincing reason operates on the mind both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live.
operar
To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
I'm being operated tomorrow.
The surgeon had to operate on her heart.
controlar • especular • manipular
To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
Phrases
battery-operatedchief operating officercoin-operatedinter-operateinteroperatemisoperateoperatableoperateeoperating conceptoperating cycleoperating depthoperating expenseoperating lossoperating roomoperating systemoperating tableoperating theateroperating theatreoperating timeoveroperatepower-operatedreoperateteleoperateunderoperate