# tratar
## Aragonese
### Etymology

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### Verb

tratar
* (transitive) to try

### References

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

## Asturian
### Verb

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
## Galician
### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin tractāre (“to drag; to handle; to practice”), from tractus (“dragged”), perfect passive participle of trahō (“I drag; I extract”), from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (“to draw, drag”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɾaˈtaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: tra‧tar

### Verb

tratar (first-person singular present trato, first-person singular preterite tratei, past participle tratado)
* to deal
* to treat in an attempt to cure

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* maltratar
* traer
* tratamento
* trato

### Further reading

* “tratar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “tratar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* tractar (obsolete)

### Etymology

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

* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾaˈta(ʁ)/ [tɾaˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /tɾaˈta(ʁ)/ [tɾaˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /tɾaˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /tɾaˈta(ʁ)/ [tɾaˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /tɾaˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾɐˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɾɐˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /tɾɐˈta.ɾi/
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Hyphenation: tra‧tar

### Verb

tratar (first-person singular present trato, first-person singular preterite tratei, past participle tratado)
* to treat (to handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way) [with direct object (more common) or de ‘someone’, along with bem or mal or other adverb ‘a particular way’]
    Vi um senhor tratando seus filhos muito mal.I saw a gentleman treating his children very badly.
* to deal with, to handle, to take care of [with com ‘something/something’]
* to treat (to apply medical care to a person) [with direct object (more common) or de ‘someone’]
    A enfermeira tratou as vítimas da explosão.The nurse treated the victims of the explosion.
* to treat (to apply medical care in order to eliminate a condition) [with direct object (more common) or de ‘a medical 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.
* (intransitive) to negotiate, to deal, to have dealings [with com ‘with someone’]
* (reflexive, reciprocal) to negotiate (with one another)
    Nós nos tratamos pela Internet.We negotiated (with one another) via the Internet.
* (transitive) to address [with direct object ‘someone’, along with por or como or de ‘with a specific form of address’]
    Reis devem ser tratados como “Vossa Majestade”.Kings must be addressed as “Your Majesty”.
* (pronominal) to behave (to conduct oneself in a given way)
    Seus filhos se trataram bem no funeral.Your children behaved well in the funeral.
* (transitive or intransitive) to take care of; to care for (to attend to the needs of) [with direct object (more common) or de ‘something’]
    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.
* (transitive or intransitive) to cover, to deal with, to concern, to be about (to have as its subject) [with de or direct object ‘a subject’]
    Este livro trata de vários temas.This book covers various subjects.
    Este livro trata o tema da matemática.This book covers the subject of mathematics.
* (pronominal) to cover, to deal with, to concern, to be about (to have as its subject) [with de ‘a subject’]
    Este artigo se trata da guerra.This article is about the war.
* (intransitive) to talk about; to discuss [with de ‘something’]
    O professor tratou de matrizes.The professor discussed matrices.
* (to do something) promptly; usually used to emphasise orders [with de (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
    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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Synonyms

* (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

* tratável

#### Related terms

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

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* tractar (obsolete)

### Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing 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”). 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: /tɾaˈtaɾ/ [t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: tra‧tar

### Verb

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
* (intransitive) to deal with [with con]
* (intransitive) to try, to seek, to attempt, to strive, to endeavor [with de (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
    Synonyms: intentar, probar
* (reflexive) to be about, to concern [with de]
    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 ParísIt's victory number 100 in Paris(literally, “It's about his 100th victory in Paris”)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* trata
* tratamiento
* tratar a patadas
* tratar con

#### Related terms

* tracto
* traer
* tratable
* tratado
* trato
* trazar
* trecho

#### Further reading

* “tratar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
* “tratar” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “tratar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos