Example: O médico vai operar o paciente amanhã cedo.
Definition
"Operar" means to perform a surgical procedure or to carry out an operation, especially in a medical context. It involves the act of a doctor or surgeon working on a patient to treat an illness or injury. For example, "The doctor will operate on the patient early tomorrow."
The word "operar" comes from the Latin 'operari', meaning 'to work' or 'to perform'. It originally referred broadly to any kind of work or labor but evolved to specifically mean performing surgical or technical operations. Did you know that this root also gave rise to English words like 'operate' and 'operation'?
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