Here full code of how to add transparent background image, we can't add it using background opacity property because this property don't exist but we can hack it by inserting a pseudo element with regular opacity the exact size of the element behind it.
div {
width: 200px;
height: 200px;
display: block;
position: relative;
}
div:after {
content: "";
background: url(http://subtlepatterns.com/patterns/bo_play_pattern.png);
opacity: 0.5;
top: 0;
left: 0;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
position: absolute;
z-index: -1;
}