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ellos operaron

they operated

→ operar
oper work; operate + aron 3rd-person plural past tense
verb · third plural · past indicative Rare #40,614
they operated Often used in a medical context: “they operated on (someone)” can be expressed as “operaron a (alguien)”.
SP: Los médicos operaron al paciente anoche.
EN: The doctors operated on the patient last night.
Conjugation of operar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third operó operaron

Ancares y los cuatro agentes muertos operaron ilegalmente en Colombia.

Ancares and the four dead agents operated illegally in Colombia.

— Zeta (2026)

A mí me operaron el cerebro.

I had brain surgery.

A él le operaron la pierna izquierda.

He had surgery on his left leg.

Simone está mejor, la operaron la semana pasada.

Simone is doing better; she had surgery last week.

— Caché (Escondido) (2005)

Ayer operaron a mi gato.

My cat had surgery yesterday.

Una cicatriz que le quedó después que lo operaron de la apendicitis.

A scar that remained after he had his appendix removed.

— Moscú no cree en las lágrimas (1980)