tratar

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tratar

1. (transitive) to try

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002) “tratar”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

tratar

1. to treat (behave in a certain way)
2. to treat (act to a person in a certain way)
3. to treat (an illness, problem etc.)
4. to trade; to deal (in, with something)
5. to touch (talk about)
6. (reflexive) to deal (with); to be involved (in, with)
7. to try
8. to threaten

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”).

tratar (first-person singular present trato, first-person singular preterite tratei, past participle tratado)

1. to deal
2. to treat in an attempt to cure

• maltratar
• tratamento
• trato
• traer

• “tratar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “tratar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

• tractar (obsolete)

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”).

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: tra‧tar

tratar (first-person singular present trato, first-person singular preterite tratei, past participle tratado)

1. (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.

2. (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.

3. (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.

4. (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.

5. (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.

6. (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”.

7. (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.

8. (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.

9. (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.

10. (transitive with de) to talk about; to discuss

    O professor tratou de matrizes.

    The professor discussed matrices.

11. (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.

12. (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.

• (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

• tratável

• tractar (obsolete)

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.

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈtaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tra‧tar

tratar (first-person singular present trato, first-person singular preterite traté, past participle tratado)

1. (transitive) to treat (to handle, behave toward in a specific way)
2. (transitive) to treat (to apply medical care)
3. (transitive) to treat (to submit to a chemical action)
4. (transitive) to address, to refer to as
5. (transitive with con) to deal with
6. (transitive with de) to try, to try to, to seek to, to attempt to, to strive to, to endeavor to

   Synonyms: intentar, probar

7. (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:

     Se trata de su victoria 100 en París

     It's victory number 100 in Paris

• “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