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operazione

operation, procedure

noun oh-peh-rah-TSYOH-neh Common

Also means

transaction

Usage Note

Operazione spans medical operations (un'operazione chirurgica), military operations, and financial transactions. The plural operazioni is regular. In everyday speech Italians also use it for any multi-step task: un'operazione complicata can describe a bureaucratic ordeal, not just surgery.

Examples

"L'operazione è riuscita bene."

Natural Translation

The operation went well.

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