tratar
Aragonese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Verb[edit]
tratar
- (transitive) to try
References[edit]
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “tratar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian[edit]
Verb[edit]
tratar
- to treat (behave in a certain way)
- to treat (act to a person in a certain way)
- to treat (an illness, problem etc.)
- to trade; to deal (in, with something)
- to touch (talk about)
- (reflexive) to deal (with); to be involved (in, with)
- to try
- to threaten
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | tratar | ||||||
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gerund | tratando | ||||||
past participle | m tratáu, f tratada, n tratao, m pl trataos, f pl trataes | ||||||
person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | trato | trates | trata | tratamos | tratáis | traten |
imperfect | trataba | tratabes | trataba | tratábemos, tratábamos | tratabeis, tratabais | trataben | |
preterite | traté | tratasti, tratesti | trató | tratemos | tratastis, tratestis | trataron | |
pluperfect | tratare, tratara | tratares, trataras | tratare, tratara | tratáremos, tratáramos | tratareis, tratarais | trataren, trataran | |
future | trataré | tratarás | tratará | trataremos | trataréis | tratarán | |
conditional | trataría | trataríes | trataría | trataríemos, trataríamos | trataríeis, trataríais | trataríen | |
subjunctive | present | trate | trates, tratas | trate | tratemos | tratéis | traten, tratan |
imperfect | tratare, tratara | tratares, trataras | tratare, tratara | tratáremos, tratáramos | tratareis, tratarais | trataren, trataran | |
imperative | — | trata | — | — | tratái | — |
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin tractāre, present active infinitive of tractō (“I drag; I handle; I practice”), from tractus (“dragged”), perfect passive participle of trahō (“I drag; I extract”), from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”).
Verb[edit]
tratar (first-person singular present trato, first-person singular preterite tratei, past participle tratado)
Conjugation[edit]
1Less recommended.
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tratar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
- “tratar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Semi-learned form modified from older tractar, borrowed from Latin tractāre (“to drag; to handle; to practice”), from tractus (“dragged”), perfect passive participle of trahō (“to drag; to extract”), from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Hyphenation: tra‧tar
Verb[edit]
tratar (first-person singular present trato, first-person singular preterite tratei, past participle tratado)
- (transitive with de or with no preposition (more common)) to treat (to handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way)
- Vi um senhor tratando seus filhos muito mal.
- I saw a gentleman treating his children very badly.
- (transitive with de or with no preposition (more common)) to treat (to apply medical care to a person)
- A enfermeira tratou as vítimas da explosão.
- The nurse treated the victims of the explosion.
- (transitive with de or with no preposition (more common)) to treat (to apply medical care in order to eliminate a condition)
- O oncologista quis que eu usasse químio para tratar o câncer.
- The oncologist wanted me to use chemo to treat the cancer.
- (transitive) to treat (to subject to a chemical or other action)
- Tratei o meu cabelo com um xampu importado.
- I treated my hair with an imported shampoo.
- (transitive with com or a reciprocal pronoun) to treat; to negotiate with
- Nós nos tratamos pela Internet.
- We negotiated with one another via the Internet.
- (ditransitive, with the indirect object taking por or como or de) to address someone with a specific form of address
- Reis devem ser tratados como “Vossa Majestade”.
- Kings must be addressed as “Your Majesty”.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to behave (to conduct oneself in a given way)
- Seus filhos se trataram bem no funeral.
- Your children behaved well in the funeral.
- (transitive with de or with no preposition (more common)) to take care of; to care for (to attend to the needs of)
- Depois que ficou velho, mandou o filho tratar do negócio da família.
- After he got old, he told his son to care for the family business.
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to be about; to have as its subject
- Este artigo se trata da guerra.
- This article is about the war.
- (transitive with de) to talk about; to discuss
- O professor tratou de matrizes.
- The professor discussed matrices.
- (auxiliary with de and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to do something promptly; usually used to emphasise orders
- Trate de terminar suas tarefas.
- Finish your chores once and for all.
- (Brazil, transitive) to feed (to give someone, especially an animal, food to eat)
- O gato miava alto para que eu o tratasse.
- The cat was meowing loudly so that I would feed him.
Conjugation[edit]
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Synonyms[edit]
- (to apply medical care to): curar, medicar
- (to negotiate with): acertar, combinar, marcar, negociar (com)
- (to address): dirigir-se a
- (to behave): comportar-se, portar-se, proceder
- (to care for): cuidar de
- (to be about): ser sobre
- (to talk about): discutir sobre, falar sobre, discorrer sobre
- (to feed): alimentar, nutrir, dar de comer a/para
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Semi-learned borrowing from Latin tractāre (“to drag; to handle; to practice”),[1] from tractus (“dragged”), perfect passive participle of trahō (“to drag; to extract”), from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”). Cf. also the obsolete or regional inherited doublet trechar (“to cut open and salt eels being dried and cured”). Cognate to English treat and Portuguese tratar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tratar (first-person singular present trato, first-person singular preterite traté, past participle tratado)
- (transitive) to treat (to handle, behave toward in a specific way)
- (transitive) to treat (to apply medical care)
- (transitive) to treat (to submit to a chemical action)
- (transitive) to address, to refer to as
- (transitive with con) to deal with
- (transitive with de) to try, to try to, to seek to, to attempt to, to strive to, to endeavor to
- (reflexive, transitive with de) to be about, to concern; to be
- No se trata de ti todo el tiempo.
- It's not about you all the time.
- 2020 October 11, Alejandro Ciriza, El País[1]:
- Se trata de su victoria 100 en París
- It's victory number 100 in Paris
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | tratar | ||||||
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gerund | tratando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | tratado | tratada | |||||
plural | tratados | tratadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | trato | tratastú tratásvos |
trata | tratamos | tratáis | tratan | |
imperfect | trataba | tratabas | trataba | tratábamos | tratabais | trataban | |
preterite | traté | trataste | trató | tratamos | tratasteis | trataron | |
future | trataré | tratarás | tratará | trataremos | trataréis | tratarán | |
conditional | trataría | tratarías | trataría | trataríamos | trataríais | tratarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | trate | tratestú tratésvos2 |
trate | tratemos | tratéis | traten | |
imperfect (ra) |
tratara | trataras | tratara | tratáramos | tratarais | trataran | |
imperfect (se) |
tratase | tratases | tratase | tratásemos | trataseis | tratasen | |
future1 | tratare | tratares | tratare | tratáremos | tratareis | trataren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | tratatú tratávos |
trate | tratemos | tratad | traten | ||
negative | no trates | no trate | no tratemos | no tratéis | no traten |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tratar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- “tratar” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
References[edit]
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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