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operou

Operou is the third-person singular preterite form of the Portuguese verb operar. The infinitive operar means to operate, to perform, or to operate on someone or something. In Portuguese, operou is used with ele, ela, or você as the subject, and it conveys a completed action in the past.

The tense is common in both Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese. It can describe medical surgery,

Etymology and cognates: operar derives from Latin operari, meaning to work or to perform. Related forms appear

See also: operar, operação, operação, operacionar (in related languages). Note that the nuance of operou depends

as
in
ele
operou
o
paciente,
or
non-medical
operations,
such
as
a
company
or
facility
running
under
certain
conditions,
for
example,
a
fábrica
que
operou
com
sucesso.
The
same
form
may
appear
in
narrative
past
events
to
indicate
that
an
operation
or
an
act
of
operating
occurred.
in
other
Romance
languages,
such
as
Spanish
operó
and
Italian
operò,
which
share
the
same
roots
and
similar
past-tense
meanings.
In
English
translations,
operou
is
rendered
as
“operated”
or
“operated
on,”
depending
on
context.
on
context:
it
may
refer
to
surgical
operation,
to
running
an
enterprise,
or
to
broader
acts
of
functioning
or
controlling.