operar — meaning in English

English meaning

• man noun An adult male human being.
• operate verb To work or run, especially a machine or system.
• serve verb To provide help, food, or a service to someone.
• work noun A job or occupation; the activity someone does to earn a living.

Senses

operar is used for these senses in English:

• man (transitive) To take up position in order to operate (something).
• operate (transitive, or, intransitive) To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
• operate (intransitive) To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially (medicine) to take appropriate effect on the human system.
• operate (medicine, transitive, or, intransitive) 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.
• serve (transitive) To set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten; to bring (food, drink) to a person. [from 15th c.]
• serve (transitive, military) To work, to operate (a weapon). [from 18th c.]
• work (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.

man — full definition

1. noun An adult male human being.
2. noun Human beings collectively; humankind (an older, now often avoided, generic use).
3. noun A husband or male romantic partner.
4. verb To supply a place, post, or piece of equipment with the people needed to run or operate it.
5. intj Used to add emphasis or express strong feeling, regardless of who is being addressed.

operate — full definition

1. verb To work or run, especially a machine or system.
2. verb To perform surgery on a patient.
3. verb To run or manage a business or organization.

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