obrar

Inherited from Latin operō. Doublet of operar, a borrowing.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /oˈbɾa/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /uˈbɾa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /oˈbɾaɾ/

obrar (first-person singular present obro, past participle obrat)

1. to work (to shape, form or improve a material)
2. to act, to behave
3. to work (to function correctly)

• obra
• obrer

• “obrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Late Latin operāre, from Latin operārī, present active infinitive of operor.

obrar (first-person singular present obro, first-person singular preterite obrei, past participle obrado)

1. to act, accomplish
2. to cause, to produce (an effect)
3. to construct, build
4. (vulgar) to defecate
5. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of obrar
6. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of obrar

• (to act, accomplish): actuar
• (to construct, build): construír, edificar

• obra
• obradoiro
• obreiro

Inherited from Late Latin operāre, from Latin operārī.

• Hyphenation: o‧brar

obrar (first-person singular present obro, first-person singular preterite obrei, past participle obrado)

1. (intransitive) to work (to perform a work or labour)
2. (intransitive, informal) to defecate

• trabalhar

• obra
• obreiro

From Late Latin operāre, from Latin operārī, present active infinitive of operor. Doublet of operar, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /oˈbɾaɾ/ [oˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧brar

obrar (first-person singular present obro, first-person singular preterite obré, past participle obrado)

1. to act, to behave
2. to work (to function correctly)

• “obrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• barro
• borra
• robar