tratar

Aragonese

Etymology

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Verb

tratar

1. (transitive) to try

References

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

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Galician

Etymology

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

1. to deal
2. to treat in an attempt to cure
3. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tratar
4. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of tratar

Related terms

• tratamento
• trato
• traer

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tractar (obsolete)

Etymology

Semi-learned form modified from older tractar, borrowed 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾa.ˈta(ʁ)/
  • IPA^(key): [tɾa.ˈta(ɾ)], [tɾa.ˈta(ɹ)]
  • IPA^(key): [tɾa.ˈta(ɾ)], [tɾa.ˈta(ɻ)]
• IPA^(key): /tɾɐ.ˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: tra‧tar

Verb

2. Template:indtr 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.

4. (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.

6. Template:indtr to treat (to apply medical care to a person)

   A enfermeira tratou as vítimas da explosão.

   The nurse treated the victims of the explosion.

8. Template:indtr 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.

10. (transitive) to treat (to subject to a chemical or other action)

    Tratei meu cabelo com um xampu importado.

    I treated my hair with an imported shampoo.

12. Template:indtr to treat; to negotiate with

    Nós nos tratamos pela Internet.

    We negotiated with one another via the Internet.

14. Template:indtr to address someone with a specific form of address

    Reis devem ser tratados como “Vossa Majestade”.

    Kings must be addressed as “Your Majesty”.

16. (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.

18. Template:indtr 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.

20. Template:indtr to be about; to have as its subject

    Este artigo se trata da guerra.

    This article is about the war.

22. Template:indtr to talk about; to discuss

    O professor tratou de matrizes.

    The professor discussed matrices.

24. Template:indtr to do something promptly; usually used to emphasise orders

    Trate de terminar suas tarefas.

    Finish your chores once and for all.

Synonyms

• (to feed): alimentar, nutrir, dar de comer a/para
• (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

Antonyms

• (to feed): esfomear

Related terms

• destratar
• traçar
• tratada
• tratadeira
• tratado
• tratador
• tratamento
• tratativa
• tratável
• tratavelmente
• trazer

 

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Spanish

Etymology

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”). 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

• IPA^(key): /tɾaˈtaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

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. (tratar con) to deal with
6. (tratar de) to try, to try to, to seek to, to attempt to, to strive to, to endeavor to

   Synonym: intentar

7. (tratarse de, tratar de) to be about, to concern

Alternative forms

• tractar (obsolete)

Derived terms

• hay que tratar de (“efforts should/must be made to”)
• trata
• tratamiento
• tratar a patadas

 

Related terms

• tracto
• traer
• tratable
• tratado
• trato
• trazar
• trecho

 

Further reading

• Template:R:DRAE 2001
• “tratar” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN