Definition
To operate something is to make it work or control how it runs. In medicine, to operate means to perform surgery on someone.
Etymology
From Latin “operari” meaning “to work, labor, carry out.” It passed through French and English with the sense of doing a task or producing an effect, which later extended to using machines and doing surgery.
Kelly Says
The root of ‘operate’ is about work, not machines, which shows how we first imagined tools as extra hands doing human labor. A surgeon ‘operating’ is literally just ‘working’ with super-precise tools inside the body.
Translations
BNবাংলা
চালু করা
cha-lu-kora
CSČeština
fungovat
fun-go-vat
DEDeutsch
betreiben
be-trei-ben
ELΕλληνικά
λειτουργεί
li-tor-gei
ESEspañol
operar
o-pe-rar
FISuomi
toimintaa
toi-min-taa
FRFrançais
opérer
o-pe-re
GUGU
ચલાવવું
cha-la-va-vu
HIहिन्दी
क्रिया करना
kri-ya kar-na
HUMagyar
működtet
mook-o-d-tet
IDBahasa Indonesia
operasikan
o-pe-ra-si-kan
ITItaliano
operare
o-pe-ra-re
MRMR
चालू करणे
cha-loo ka-ra-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
beroperasi
be-ro-pe-ra-si
NLNederlands
opereren
o-pe-re-ren
PLPolski
działać
dzya-l-a-c
PTPortuguês
operar
o-pe-rar
RUРусский
действовать
dey-stvoo-vat
SWKiswahili
endesha
en-de-sha
TEతెలుగు
చালిస్తుంది
cha-li-stu-ndi
TRTürkçe
çalıştırmak
cha-li-stir-mak
UKУкраїнська
діяти
di-ya-tyi
URاردو
کام کرنا
kam kar-na
VITiếng Việt
hoạt động
hoa-t động