tractar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tractāre, present active infinitive of tractō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾəkˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾakˈtaɾ]

Verb

tractar (first-person singular present tracto, first-person singular preterite tractí, past participle tractat)

1. to treat, to handle
2. Template:indtr to try

   Synonyms: provar, intentar

   El govern tracta de desenvolupar noves indústries. ― The government is trying to develop new industries.

3. Template:indtr to be about, to concern; to be

Derived terms

• maltractar
• tractament
• tractar de
• tractar-se
• tractat

 

Further reading

• “tractar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tractar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “tractar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tractar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Verb

1. Obsolete spelling of tratar.