i suoi intrighi operano lentamente

1. v/t cambiamento make

miracoli work

medicine operate on

2. v/i act

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operare v.tr.

1 ( compiere) to do*, to work, to perform, to operate: operare il bene, il male, to do good, evil; la fede opera miracoli, faith works miracles; operare un cambiamento in qlcu., qlco., to produce a change in s.o., sthg.; la cura non ha operato alcun effetto, the treatment had no effect

2 (med.) to operate on (s.o.): operare qlcu. a caldo, to operate on s.o. in the acute stage; operare qlcu. a freddo, to operate on s.o. between attacks; operare qlcu. al fegato, to operate on s.o.'s liver (o to perform an operation on s.o.'s liver); operare qlcu. d'ernia, to operate on s.o. for a hernia // farsi operare, to undergo (o to have) an operation; farsi operare di calcoli biliari, to have a gallstones operation

3 (tess.) to damask

◆ v. intr.

1 ( agire) to work, to act, to produce: i suoi intrighi operano lentamente, his plots work slowly; il veleno operò in fretta, the poison worked quickly; operare secondo la propria coscienza, to act according to one's own conscience; il nostro battaglione operava sul fronte orientale, our battalion operated on the western front; operare con buoni risultati, to work to good (o to produce good results) // (comm.): operare su larga scala, to operate on a large scale; operare su un mercato, to operate on a market; operare nel settore industriale, to operate in the industrial sector

2 ( lavorare) to work: Giotto operò a Napoli, Giotto worked in Naples

3 (med.) to operate

4 (mat.) ( fare operazioni) to do* sums.

◘ operarsi v.intr.pron.

1 ( accadere, prodursi) to take* place, to occur: si operò in lui uno strano cambiamento, a strange change took place in him

2 ( farsi operare) to have an operation, to be operated on: deve operare al cuore, he's got to have a heart operation.

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1. vt

1) (riforma) to carry out, make, (effetto) to produce

2) Med to operate on

2. vi (aus avere)

1) (agire) to act, work, Mil Comm to operate

2) Med to operate

3. vip (operarsi)

1) (verificarsi) to take place, occur

2) Med to have an operation

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verbo transitivo

1) med. to operate

2) (effettuare) to make* [scelta, distinzione]; to operate, to make* [ cambiamento]

3)

verbo intransitivo (aus. avere)

1) med. to operate

2) (agire) to act, to work, to operate

verbo pronominale operarsi

1) (compiersi) to take* place, to occurr, to come* about

2) colloq. (farsi operare) to have* surgery, to undergo* surgery, to have* an operation

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operare

/ope'rare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

 1 med. to operate; operare qcn. al ginocchio, al fegato to operate on sb.'s knee, liver; operare qcn. di tonsille, appendicite to remove sb.'s tonsils, to operate on sb. for appendicitis; farsi operare al ginocchio to have an operation on one's knee; farsi operare di appendicite to have one's appendicitis removed

 2 (effettuare) to make* [scelta, distinzione]; to operate, to make* [ cambiamento]

 3 operare miracoli to work miracles

II verbo intransitivo

 (aus. avere)

 1 med. to operate

 2 (agire) to act, to work, to operate; operare nel settore alimentare to be o work in the food industry

III operarsi verbo pronominale

 1 (compiersi) to take* place, to occurr, to come* about; si è operato in lui un gran cambiamento a great change came about o occurred in him

 2 colloq. (farsi operare) to have* surgery, to undergo* surgery, to have* an operation; - rsi di appendicite to have one's appendicitis removed.