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1 the operative word
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2 operative
-rətiv, ]( American) -reitivadjective (in action, having effect: Many old laws are still operative.) en vigortr['ɒpərətɪv]2 SMALLMEDICINE/SMALL operatorio,-a, quirúrgico,-a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto become operative entrar en vigorthe operative word la palabra claveoperative ['ɑpərət̬ɪv, -.reɪ-] adj1) operating: vigente, en vigor2) working: operativo3) surgical: quirúrgicoadj.• eficaz adj.• en vigor adj.• operativo, -a adj.• operatorio, -a adj.n.• operario s.m.
I 'ɑːpərətɪv, 'ɒpərətɪv1) ( having effect)to be operative — \<\<rules/measures\>\> estar* en vigor or en vigencia
2) ( Med) (before n) quirúrgico
II
noun (frml) operario, -ria m,f['ɒpǝrǝtɪv]1. ADJ1) (gen) operativo2) (Jur)3) (Med) operatorio2.N (=worker) obrero(-a) m / f ; (with a special skill) operario(-a) m / f, obrero(-a) m / f especializado(-a)* * *
I ['ɑːpərətɪv, 'ɒpərətɪv]1) ( having effect)to be operative — \<\<rules/measures\>\> estar* en vigor or en vigencia
2) ( Med) (before n) quirúrgico
II
noun (frml) operario, -ria m,f -
3 palabra
palabra sustantivo femenino 1 ( vocablo) word; no son más que palabras it's all talk; en pocas palabras, es un cobarde in a word, he's a coward; palabra por palabra word for word; yo no sabía ni una palabra del asunto I didn't know a thing o anything about it; no entendí (ni) una palabra I didn't understand a (single) word; sin decir (una) palabra without a word; palabra compuesta compound word; tener la última palabra to have the final say 2 ( promesa) word; una mujer de palabra a woman of her word; cumplió con su palabra she kept her word; nunca falta a su palabra he never breaks o goes back on his word 3 un acuerdo de palabra a verbal agreement; no me dirigió la palabra she didn't speak to me; dejar a algn con la palabra en la boca to cut sb off in mid-sentenceb) (frml) (en ceremonia, asamblea):tener/tomar la palabra to have/to take the floor (frml)
palabra sustantivo femenino
1 word
lo resumió en pocas palabras, she summarised it in a few words (discurso) me quedé con la palabra en la boca, I was left speechless
Juan es hombre de pocas palabras, Juan is a man of few words
2 (capacidad para hablar) me dejó sin palabra, I was speechless
3 (compromiso) word: me dio su palabra, he gave me his word
no tiene palabra, she never keeps her word
4 (turno para hablar) right to speak
tener la palabra, to have the floor Locuciones: dirigir la palabra a alguien, to address sb
de palabra, by word of mouth ' palabra' also found in these entries: Spanish: abogada - abogado - abreviar - acento - ayunas - baja - bajo - bañera - bar - bastante - calor - ceder - chalet - chimenea - ciudad - colmo - comida - comprometerse - culta - culto - decirse - disonante - empeñar - entredicho - faltar - fresca - fresco - histórica - histórico - honor - justa - justo - ladrón - ladrona - lata - mayoría - mirar - muletilla - padre - piso - promesa - pronunciar - recta - recto - saludar - saludo - sigla - subrayar - taco - tela English: absent - buzz off - cagey - clinch - connotation - current - date - dated - derive - do - engine driver - female - fish - floor - fuck - go back on - high - honour - interrogative - lady - marmalade - match - mint - misuse - operative - score out - sense - shorten - speak - spectacle - speech - state-of-the-art - storey - true - use - verbatim - way - word - a - call - compound - key - strict - swear - take - unwritten
См. также в других словарях:
(the) operative word — the operative word phrase used for referring to the most important word in a sentence The treatment sometimes works, but the operative word is ‘sometimes’. Thesaurus: types of wordhyponym Main entry: operative * * * the operative word idiom used… … Useful english dictionary
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