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tratar.

to treat (to handle, behave toward in a specific way)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/tɾaˈtaɾ/[t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
  1. to treat (to handle, behave toward in a specific way)

    transitive
  2. to treat (to apply medical care)

    transitive
  3. to treat (to submit to a chemical action)

    transitive
  4. to address, to refer to as

    transitive
  5. to deal with

    intransitive
  6. to be about

    intransitive · reflexive
  7. to try, to seek, to attempt, to strive, to endeavor

    intransitive
  8. to be

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin tractāre (“to drag; to handle; to practice”), from tractus (“dragged”), perfect passive participle of trahō (“to drag; to extract”). 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.

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